Citizen Journalism. The most exciting”\ufffdand, to some traditional journalists, most worrying”\ufffd\u00a0development of new media\u00a0is citizen journalism, specifically, news coverage, usually online, by people who don’t\u00a0work for commercial news organizations. Some citizen journalists are producing regular reporting for growing audiences. Their focus may be on local communities, as is the case with backfence.com. Or it may be broader, as with the activist indymedia.org, an international collective that publishes online editions in a number of major cities, with a strongly anti-establishment slant.\tSpend some time with the citizen journalists at\u00a0The Third ReportandIndependent Media Center. Compare their reports with the stories in the mainstream media from the same geographic areas. Where does the coverage overlap, and what stories are different in each medium? What sources seem to serve the citizens best?\tThe paper must be two to three pages in length and formatted according to APA style. Cite your resources in text and on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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