Citizen journalism (Topical Term)

Work cat.: 2009012804: Allan, S. Citizen journalism, 2009: CIP galley (citizen journalism: can be defined as a way to generate news using the free labor of citizen-volunteers; in Jay Rosen's (2008) words, "when the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, that's citizen journalism")

Wikipedia, April 6, 2009 (Citizen journalism (also known as: public or participatory): the concept of members of the public playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information, per the 2003 report, "We media: how audiences are shaping the future of news and informations"; it is unlike community or civic journalism, which is practised by professional journalists; six types have been identified by J.D. Lasica: 1) Audience participation (e.g., personal blogs, photos or video footage captured from personal mobile cameras); 2) Independent news and infomation websites (e.g., Drudge report); 3) Full-fledged participatory news site (e.g., NowPublic, OhmyNews); 4) Collaborative and contributory media sites (e.g., Slashdot, Newsvine); 5) Thin media (e.g., mailings lists, email newsletters); and, 6) Personal broadcasting sites (e.g., video broadcast sites, such as KenRadio)

Citizen journalism@The Missouri School of Journalism website, April 6, 2009 ("Citizen journalism: back to the future" by Clyde H. Bentley: the key difference between traditional journalism and citizen journalism in its various guises is the difference between “covering” and “sharing.” A professional journalist assigned to a story will research the issues, talk to the people involved, check the facts and craft the results into a story; a citizen journalist or blogger, however, lives the story. It is neither a passing interest nor something he or she was assigned to investigate. Rather than taking that quick bite of the world, citizen journalists share a bit of their own lives)