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Loading ...To me, this is the way it should be. At least at first.
On one hand you’ve got established, traditional news media outlets that provide professional and quite often excellent new coverage of local, national, and intenational events. The reporters will often have great insight, key access, and substantial resources to report on news.
On the other hand, you’ve got a slew of amateur citizen journalists that, despite their lack of direct experience and resources can still show a lot of skill in investigating and reporting news.
An unfortunate part of the Wisdom of the Crowds/Cult of the Amateur argument is that both carry legitimate weight but neither side is willing to give the other the proper credit. CNN is helping solve that with the launch of iReport.com.
It’s still in Beta format, but it allows citizen reporters to submit their own produced news stories. At times, CNN will use these stories in their cable news or on their website. At this point, CNN is not going to regulate what is submitted, but they will allow viewers to appeal certain stories to a third party to check for accuracy or obscene content.
I think it’s a great idea.
Filed under: Citizen Generated Media, Citizen Journalism, Citizen Media, New Media, News Organization, Traditional Journalism
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