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<![CDATA[In Defense of Citizen Journalism: I take the opposite view. By adding citizen blogs, to cover areas and topics under-covered or ignored entirely by a news organizations, the scope and public service provided is expanded. Topics not warranting an assigned beat reporter (or even a paid freelancer) suddenly find a home when citizen bloggers decide […]

<![CDATA[In Defense of Citizen Journalism:

I take the opposite view. By adding citizen blogs, to cover areas and topics under-covered or ignored entirely by a news organizations, the scope and public service provided is expanded. Topics not warranting an assigned beat reporter (or even a paid freelancer) suddenly find a home when citizen bloggers decide to fill the void. The news organization becomes the go-to place for more things that the public cares about; there’s less need to look elsewhere for what the news organization fails to recognize as important to segments of the community.

Continuing the discussion started with the OhMyNews posting below…. Steve Outing offers much more on the reasons to value civic journalists.]]>