citizen journalists
Unpaid news gatherers
Citizen journalists are ordinary people who gather and report news outside traditional media institutions, typically publishing through blogs, social media, or independent websites.
The term emerged as digital technology enabled anyone to document and distribute information: Citizen journalists captured footage of the protests before news crews arrived.
The label sometimes carries skepticism about credentials or objectivity, but citizen journalism has broken major stories that mainstream outlets missed or ignored.
- twitterSeries of high-pitched calls
- newsReports of recent events
- mediaInformation distribution channels
- bloggerWeb journal author
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
reporting · media literacy · whistleblowers · fact checking · eyewitness · boots on the ground · newsgathering · documentation · newsrooms · muckraking · activism · Arab Spring · community radio · social media · breaking news · user-generated content · investigation · public broadcasters
- media peoplereporters, reporter, editors, broadcaster, correspondents
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
- social media userstweeters, posters, influencers, content creators, verified users
- emerging voicesyoung poets, newcomers, up-and-comers, rising stars, fresh talent
- digital dissidentshacktivists
citizen journalistsembedded journalists
Reporters assigned to military units
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