The Old Gray Lady Gives Thumbs Up to Citizen Journalism
 
ReadWriteWeb.com is reporting on the New York Times acceptance of citizen journalism tools. This is significant for a number of reasons. If the newspaper that is considered the industry standard-barer for journalistic excellence and integrity is now incorporating citizen journalism into its organization, then you know CJ has not only arrived but it is here to stay.
According to the site, “The New York Times itself has experimented in recent months with running content from amateur journalists. We reported last month that the paper would begin running videos produced by an amateur production company about the US presidential race, and since October it has run a series of video debates from Bloggingheads.tv. They also recently sponsored the Polling Places project, which uses contributions from readers to document polling places on film during the 2008 US elections.”
ReadWriteWeb also discusses the use of twitter and blogging as a form of ‘microjournalism,’ and how this is changing news coverage today.
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