Jay Rosen.
Jay Rosen is a writer, and a professor of journalism at New York University. Rosen is a contributor to De Correspondent and a member of the George Foster Peabody Awards board of directors.
"When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another." The underlying principle of citizen journalism is that ordinary people, not professional journalists, can be the main creators and distributors or news. Citizen journalism should not be confused with: community journalism or civic journalism, both of which are practiced by professional journalists; collaborative journalism, which is the practice of professional and non-professional journalists working together; and social journalism, which denotes a digital publication with a hybrid of professional and non-professional journalism.....snip~
When news of Osama Bin Laden’s death broke on May 2, 2011, journalists in the United States (US) were tweeting and using social media just like other citizens to report their feelings and what they saw on the streets and even airplanes. It marks an interesting contrast to how 9/11 itself was reported in 2001, when social media was still only a nascent technology, especially in the world of professional journalism. Have journalists finally become citizen reporters?.....snip~
Tweeting Bin Laden: Have US Journalists Become Citizen Reporters? - Ground Report
Understanding Citizen Journalism - ThoughtCo
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-citizen-journalism-2073663
Jan 15, 2019 · Tony Rogers has an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University and has worked for the Associated Press and the New York Daily News. He has written and taught journalism for over 25 years. Citizen journalism involves private individuals, who are normally the consumers of journalism, generating
Before Reporting Became ‘Journalism’ - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/before-reporting-became-journalism-11600879803
Sep 23, 2020 · That generation of reporters would rather have died, or moved permanently to Albany, N.Y., than call themselves “journalists.” ... News is laid before the citizen’s mind so packaged and ...