3 Responses to “Citizen journalism dominates online news in 2007”

1. Remains of the Year, Citizen Journalism Edition | Writes Like She Talks on December 26th, 2007 8:00 am

   [...] 3. Cyberjournalist.net’s top stories of 2007 [...]

2. Leseempfehlungen heute « Medien BackSpin on December 28th, 2007 10:31 am

   [...] Bürgerjournalismus dominiert 2007 die Online-Nachrichten [...]

3. Bob Young on January 4th, 2008 1:13 pm

   I’m uncertain if “citizen journalism” is merely an attempt to create yet another topic for media “pundits” or an unnervingly evil campaign by The National Enquirer to bestow upon itself some unearned credibility.

   It’s been some time since I sat in a desk at Journalism class, but I don’t recall seeing anyone there who wasn’t thinking of it as a career, a noble one at that, requiring real discipline, a well-rounded education, and a highly developed skill set.

   Lowes, Home Depot and other home improvement giants may have created “citizen plumbers” and “citizen tile floor installers,” but there is no such thing as a “citizen journalist,” any more than there are “citizen cardiologists.”

   Please, let’s stop confusing “I think I’ll write something witty and pithy in a blog” with real journalism. Small wonder our great newspapers are being displaced by clueless, agenda-driven, TV corporate bobble head dolls.

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