According to a new We Media/Zogby poll, a majority of Americans said that bloggers are important to the future of journalism. Over 70 percent said that citizen journalism will play a critical role in the media revolution.
And here’s the kicker: Almost nine out of 10 media insiders responded that bloggers will play a vital part in reshaping journalism.
We are now seeing mainstream acceptance of what we call the Power of Us - the value, credibility, and vital expression of citizen and collaborative media. We’ve arrived at a tipping point. A new definition of democratic media is emerging in our society.
- Dale Peskin, Managing Director of iFOCOS which sponsors the annual We Media conference
To read the full article and survey results from iFOCOS, click here.
Great news. Big Brother acknowledges Little Brother is part of the family. We should feel right at home.
Funny, because I’ve never seen myself as a journalist, and more of a travel writer.
To be honest, I’m not fussed if journalists accept me as a blogger or not, all I want to do is write useful content that people want to read and will link to for other people to read.
I’m sure that many of the people who are following our coverage of the biggest serial killer in Canada would have never seen our correspondents as journalist either. That’s the power and the beauty of citizen journalism.
Lately a lot of people have asked usto define “citizen journalism,†thanks mainly to our assigning two citizen journalists, who also happen to be ex-sex trade workers, to cover the trial of Robert Pickton, accused of killing 26 women, most of the them sex trade workers, here in Vancouver.
To my mind, everyone who posts a story to Orato is a citizen journalist, someone who, regardless of background, is willing to tell their story in public. We encourage citizen journalists such as you Darren to tell a story that you are involved in, connected to, feeling the impact of – a story you are living or someone close to you is experiencing first hand. We further encourage you to tell your story in the first person, just as you would tell it to your friends over coffee. We are working to make Orato a showcase of first-person, eyewitness citizen journalism, where bloggers are welcome.