Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Cellphone Journalism
As "Citizen Journalism" continues to grow many news organization are looking to capitalize on the photography of pedestrian current event photographers. The digital revolution has provided much advancement in the field of cell phone technology. This technology has given the devices user the ability to part take in journalism. Due to this advancement news teams are looking to utilize the mass power. Considering the abundance of these phones news reporters have for seen much benefit of incorporating the public's documentation of current events. Joyce Cohen in her article, "Armed With The Right Cellphone, Anyone Can be a Journalist" writes "You, too, can be a television journalist. The news staff of WABC-TV, the ABC affiliate in New York, started soliciting cellphone pictures and amateur video last week from people who witness a news event". As a result of this the line between amateur and professional journalism has dulled, while over reporting has improved. This improvement can be based manly on the primary resources provided by citizen journalist.
Labels: Cell Phones, citizen journalist, wabc-tv
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A good summary. Is this just a fad? What is in it for the mainstream media? What is behind this acceptance of audience provided images and info? Is there any downside here?
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