As the internet is getting to be a more and more popular way for people to get their news, the practice of "citizen journalism" has popped up. I think this is an interesting new direction for journalism, because it enables the everyday American to have a platform for their views and give their perspective on the different situations the world over.
The citizen journalism website I chose to review was "OhmyNews International," http://english.ohmynews.com/index.asp, a site for international news, which also provides links on "how to" articles for brand new citizen journalists. One of the most interesting of these links was for the "Journawiki," (http://journalism.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page ) which is basically an online manual on how to be a citizezn journalist, which can be added to by fellow citizen journalists all over the world.
The reason I chose "OhmyNews International" was because of it's old school newspaper look and feel. Its look was clean and professional, and even though the articles have their own biases, the tone and grammatical structure was professional as well. It also interested me because it was an international site, so it has a wider volume of writers, as well as readers. The international aspect also shows that there are many different viewpoints available from this website, and it's not just concentrated in one area.
I think that citizen journalism is really the future of journalism, because it is easily accessible, and it's coming from "people like us." The hardship will be determining what is true and what is false, but that stands true of even traditional journalism today.
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Needs to sound a bit more like a review that would be on a site other than a class blog. Re read my posts about the proper tone for these posts.
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