Citizen Journalism Progress Report July 22, 2007
Posted by khengze in Journalism, News, Trends.trackback
Dan Gilmour, author of the book “We the Media” has a progress report on the state of citizen media. It’s a must-read as we grapple with how the Web is reconfiguring the practice of journalism. Here’s a snapshot:
- There’s growing recognition of why citizen journalism matters.
- Video has become an essential element of citizen media.
- Need to deal with issues of trust, credibility and ethics amid info glut.
- At last, traditional media organizations are getting it.
- Citizen media provoking a backlash against mass amateurization.
- Tools and ideas are now available to make more diverse journalism.
- Disruption in old media economics continues to grow
- Low cost of entry bypasses the need to seek funders of a new idea.
- Journalism is moving from the idea of a Daily Me to a Daily Us.
- Repute and a working model to sort out the good from the bad.
- Need to update media literacy in terms of principles.
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