Citizen journalism is when private individuals from the public play a role in collecting and reporting information. It is very similar to what professional journalists do.
New media technology, such as social networking sites, has allowed citizen journalism to be more accessible to people around world. The convergence of media has also made it easier for public individuals to gather that information, an example would be being able to take video footage and pictures with a phone.
The information gathered can take many forms; text, audio, video and pictures. With the use of the internet it can be spread across the world via podcast, blogs, personally created websites etc. It's basically about the public communicating information to other members of the public.
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