Bloggers get a pat on the back
p2p news / p2pnet: Citizen journalism, “however you define it, is going to play an increasingly significant role in the industry".
So says UK Press Gazette editor Ian Reeves, quoted by the BBC.
The ‘industry’ comprises, of course, mainstream print and electronic media and ‘citizen journalists’ are the people the mainstream media used to count on as consumers, but who are now locked into DIYR (Do It Yourself Reporting), by-passing the corporate outlets.
Now, “A picture taken moments after a bomb exploded on a number 30 bus in London’s Tavistock Square on 7 July 2005 has won the first citizen journalism award,” says the Beeb, which was recently one of the hosts to a London event sparked by DIYR. The other host was Reuters.
“Second prize went to a shot of the Buncefield oil terminal fire taken by a passenger in a plane,” says the story, going on, “The awards, set up by Nokia and the UK Press Gazette, aim to highlight images shot by citizens witnessing events.”
To be eligible for the award, pictures had to have been published in a “known magazine, newspaper or broadcast” or seen on a self-published blog, citizen journalism site or photo-sharing service.
Also See:
BBC – Citizen journalists get rewarded, July 14, 2006
sparked by DIYR – Old Media and the News, May 8, 2006
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