Citizen Journalists: Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities

Citizen Journalists: Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities

A police officer grabs the cell phone you used to film him kicking a suspect in handcuffs. You photograph a violent clash between protesters and the military in your town, or a stray bullet puts you in the hospital for weeks, A person you caught on a video posted to...
Citizen Journalism and the New Democracy of News

Citizen Journalism and the New Democracy of News

The good: a fireball streaks across Russia’s dawn sky and the world learns of it through the dash cam videos uploaded by commuters. The bad: An unedited, user submitted story goes viral, terrifies readers and embarrasses a leading news outlet. The ugly: Syrian...