Citizen Journalism

News organizations that report on stories in a fair, balanced and ethical manner are essential to the functionality of this nation. A citizen’s ability to make well-informed decisions hinges on a news organization’s ability to relay the most accurate information regarding the state of the nation, the changing condition of communities, and adjustments in the government. Journalism is no longer a one-sided conversation. Journalism is an interactive process that allows for readers and viewers to create a dialogue with journalists by utilizing mediums such as social networking sites and comment sections. Audiences have a say in what stories get reported and how news stories are presented to the masses. When news organizations fail to cover all

Clay Shirky who wrote Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable (1993) argues that society doesn’t need newspapers society needs journalism to save society. Shirky supports this argument by giving a historical background to the problems newspapers face and how the problems have developed over time and the solutions society has came up with. The blogger concludes that in order for journalism to go farther new models must be created in place of past molds. Shirky directs this blog toward the current and future generations in attempt to motivate new models and methods of journalism.

Journalism, I used think was taking stories and publishing them in as many words as possible for the largest profit. I believed it was just sharing a story that only several hundred people would get hear of. However, the truth is that it has the power to reach the masses. It is the beacon of light in a night of despair, the force which highlights the grievances of the people, but most of all, it is a weapon of mass destruction with the potential to obliterate any hopes or aspirations. Journalism is a blinding light, yet also the darkness it produces.

Citizen journalism is essential to the discovery and cover of what

While the intention of producing “Yellow Journalism” was to sell more papers through sensationalized headlines (PBS); In “Objective Journalism”; wire services, Associated Press, and Reuters, sought to provide readers with unbiased news in order to attract more customers. Journalism was introduced as a profession; Journalists formed professional associations and codes of ethics, one example is the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

The media affects everyone’s way of thinking. If journalists are crooked in any way, their works will, without a shadow of a doubt, have detrimental effects on citizens’ political beliefs and their perceptions of the

Ans: I think that citizen journalism will not eventually replace newspapers but instead supplement them as they can’t produce news stories on their own but instead comment on news stories that is already been produced by professional journalist.

Journalism has been around since the fifteenth century, reporting local news with the use of xylography then the printing press. During this time, only a few were able to access printed information first hand, as for everyone else, the news was told verbally as a story. As our nation became much more technologically advanced, more people would become involved with the news. A machine would begin automatically printing sheets of newspaper, the news was heard over the radio, and then news became televised. News known purpose was to inform the public of current events,“ at one time, ‘everyone believed what the government said… people disagreed over policy, but not over honesty (Finney).” When the news started to be televised,

However, the article does explore an opposing angle of citizen journalism in-depth where risks of phony photography are high. Undoubtedly, the business of news reporting will always exist, but does citizen journalism hinder the legitimacy of news by providing raw-footage rather than footage that is edited for accuracy? Has photojournalism turned into a commodity due to the ease at which photos and videos can now be captured? Or are we living in a digital age where citizens don’t require news channels to content curate anymore because raw-footage will be accessed through social media platforms anyway? These are questions that can only be answered with a deeper insight into the emergence of citizen-centered

Goodman himself writes, “We are intent on forging fresh platforms for user-generated content: testimonials, snapshots and video clips from readers documenting issues in need of attention” (par. 7). The essence of Goodman’s argument is that nowadays, several people get involved with the idea of falsifying news and sources in order to get attention from the people, even though the information is not truthful at all. As a result, it is relevant that news organizations do something about the issue with foreign news before it starts affecting the world of journalism

Journalism in America is one of the biggest and most important industries our country has. Usually it keeps one up to date with many things that are going on in society. However, recently America has faced a downfall in the reporting of foreign news. As Americans there is a need for an increased amount of foreign coverage because there are many worldly issues we must know about, news networks are beginning to focus only on the everyday life of Americans, and the internet (specifically, social media) is slowly taking away the reality and realness of international news.

I was 18 when we moved to the United States from Cameroon in 2010. I had always known I wanted to be in journalism, yet had little knowledge of how the media worked or what being a journalist even entailed. I had a passion for telling stories, and zero experience or hope that I would someday be able to do so in a way that affects everyday people, and effects positive change. As far as I knew, journalism was the ruling government’s tool for communicating what it deemed fit for public knowledge, and stifling any information that remotely threatened the political status quo. Only in the following years would I come to grasp the power of media and communication, in a journey that has led me to this very moment.

The duty of journalists is to tell the truth. Journalism means you go back to the actual facts, you look at the documents, you discover what the record is, and you report it that way. — Chomsky 2008

The belief that journalism is in decline has triggered major alarms, because society needs an informational environment that is easily available to all citizens such as newspapers. There is a large body of journalist that suggests that if television has taken over from the press as our main source of news this may limit our capacity to learn about public affairs; newspapers are believed to be far more effective than television at conveying detailed information necessary to understand complex and detailed issues. There is also widespread concern that if journalism fails as a profession it will not be able to reach large sections of the community, particularly younger or less educated readers. This may reinforce a growing gap among citizens between the information that they receive.

In this era, the popularity of citizen journalism has spread throughout all over the world. As a matter of fact, more and more people are starting to take benefit of content publishers. This can be seen in Television news, such as winter snow photos, traffic accidents or local sporting events. However, it leaves a question, what exactly is news anyway? What do you need to be a citizen journalist? What is its impact on today's fast-paced society? Basically, a lot of people think this is a great thing and it can be a good tool for promoting interaction between the media community and the community. There are pros and cons of citizen journalism, we need to face this issue critically and dialectically (Techopedia, 2017). On the one hand, citizen journalism has some benefits that professional journalism can not provide. Firstly, comparing with professional journalism, citizen journalism provides a wider range of news and fills the gaps in mainstream media. The main body of the dissemination of citizen journalism is ordinary citizens rather than professional journalists or professional media. People can through the Facebook, microblog,Twitter to publish news which happened around their life. Delicacy, beautiful scenery, sports events, entertainments, political commentary can be seen in Weibo, Twitter, Facebook and so on. Secondly, citizen journalism could stimulate the interest of audience. Most audiences enjoy reading