Citizen Journalists
After all the thrills in 2011 we are getting closer to 2012. Citizen journalists were more than active in 2011. Lots of events, turmoil around the world and numerous positive events offered topics to report, which citizens used best they could. Between Arab spring, Royal wedding, Japan tsunami, UK riots, Occupy movement and so on,
To become citizen journalist is pretty simple. You don’t need much. Good will and wish is crucial. If you have some fancy gadget like iPhone, iPad and similar, it can be easier but if you don’t have them, do not despair, computer and Internet is what you really need. Of course besides news or event
Mostly people make distance between themselves and unknown things to them. Normal and almost instinctive reaction. We rather accept familiar things than those new. We even think of some as a taboo. But reading stories of other ordinary people from countries on the other side of the Planet, countries that you don’t know well enough,
In every carrier you have risks. Maybe you’ll think less of some profession, but be sure that there is a challenge in every profession you can think of. When you compare two carriers, for example, police officer and doctor, you will always first say policeman has bigger professional risk and you’ll may be right. But,
Citizen journalism is an expression of people who appreciate different view of news. As I can see, it has success. People write and inform or share anything they find interesting. But somehow I have the impression that one of the most interesting categories is Emergency. Until now biggest attention of citizen journalists was devoted to