Kenya: Citizen Journalism Shapes Politics
Posted on December 15, 2007 - Filed Under Africa, citizen journalism |
For the past few days a firestorm has followed David Hazinski’s article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, which warned of dangers of citizen journalism. Many bloggers, including us, felt differently. Here’s a recap of bloggers posts from about a dozen different sites. Our original post was critical as well.
Blogflict strongly believes there is a powerful role for citizen journalists as the MSM has spent much of the past 6 years missing important facts that could have altered the course of history.
Today, a story comes out of Kenya about the power of citizen journalism. In Kenya, there are journalists that monitor the performance of Kenya’s leaders. These journalists are doing everything possible to bring information to Kenya’s citizens. These journalists happen to be citizen journalists. All 30 years or under, they demonstrate that it doesn’t take a degree or a press pass to make a difference. Their site can be found here. Mzalendo means ‘citizen.’ And there can be no doubt that even as citizens, they are also journalists.
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that’s exhibit Z in a long line of reasons supporting citizen journalism. Journalists have become far too elitist in the MSM.