tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406300115535023534.post6119698905864098688..comments2024-01-24T04:22:42.501+00:00Comments on Story Curve: In defence of the "citizen journalist"Kevin Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648969077266883287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406300115535023534.post-29954370084947385532007-04-10T21:36:00.000+00:002007-04-10T21:36:00.000+00:00"citizen journalist" is a bit like the war on terr..."citizen journalist" is a bit like the war on terror. It seems like a term just vague enough to catch on. But aren't bloggers, in some sense, just the grandchildren of typers and children of word processors? Blogging or the internet is a technology - it doesn't really say anything about whether one is a journalist or ranter or diary exhibitionist, does it?Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406300115535023534.post-13200420984049124632007-03-19T22:14:00.000+00:002007-03-19T22:14:00.000+00:00It seems ironic that Big Media should use 'citizen...It seems ironic that Big Media should use 'citizen journalist' in a slightly derogatory way when the one thing I like about it is its aspirational quality (the do rather than the is).<BR/>It would be good to have more discussion - online or off - about the whole idea of what a 'journalist' is now (such conversations currently seem to be limited to academia and, by the sounds of it, within the BBC)Martin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199687667323867854noreply@blogger.com