Mother Jones Article Takes Aim @ Citizen Journalism
source: http://blog.iconflict.com/mother-jones-article-takes-aim-citizen-journalism/
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Adam Weinstein of Mother Jones, writes, 'There's a place for reader blogs and community participation in the 21st-century newspaper, but let's not kid ourselves that they are a substitute for what people look for in their morning paper.'What Weinstein fails to see is that people do not like what they are looking at in their morning paper. Instead of being passive about it, now technology exists that enables them to take control, thus the rise of a new form of journalism - citizen journalism.
The article is a critique at what Weinstein views as the downside to citizen journalism: poorly vetted stories, PR flacks writing stories without disclosing their conflict of interest, and what he calls 'unqualified hacks' contributing to the media universe.
Follow the link to read more on this interesting debate.
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