Citizen Journalism, a silver lining?

by Mike Crane on April 28, 2009 · 12 comments

in Participatory Journalism

One of my very good friends, Teri, takes a look at a recent article by The Big Money and ties in Clay Shirky’s “Here Comes Everybody” with the idea that everyone is a media outlet.

Teri writes,

I think this shift from specifically-defined goals [in the publishing industry] to allowing ourselves some breathing room is not only acceptable, but welcomed.

Is citizen journalism the silver lining to the newspaper industry’s slow demise?  I would agrue yes.  Maybe not the only silver lining, but certainly a welcomed addition to the various mediums we already have at our disposal.  I do think it has been a natural progression, the ability for people to quickly share their thoughts, report on what they’re seeing and doing, would have come about even without this downturn in the newspaper business.  Maybe the loss of newsprint just helped it along a little bit.

{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Worldgames 08.26.09 at 11:10 pm

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2 income tax 09.09.09 at 2:23 am

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6 strallinfo 09.20.09 at 6:21 am

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7 meninvest 09.23.09 at 1:43 pm

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8 leadbiz 09.24.09 at 2:21 am

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9 Deripet 09.26.09 at 6:46 am

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10 Helene 09.29.09 at 12:44 pm

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11 Alanit 10.03.09 at 3:11 am

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12 pop stars life 11.19.09 at 6:18 am

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