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citizen journalism
Last modified: Monday, January 05, 2009 

A term used to describe the movement of people and amateur journalists — basically any non-professional journalist — who provide photos, videos and written news pieces on evolving stories, often in collaboration with professional journalists. Also called participatory or public journalism. Citizen journalism is a type of user-generated content.

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What Good Is Journalism?: How Reporters and Editors Are Saving America's Way of Life
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Peter Dahlgren and Colin Sparks - Communication and Citizenship: Journalism and the Public Sphere
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What is Participatory Journalism?
The line between journalism and personal publishing is a blurry one, thanks to new ubiquitous tools that make it possible for anyone to publish and report news.







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