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The article reports on efforts by Steffen Leidel and Elena Ern to improve the quality of content on Latin American blogs and related forms of on-line citizen journalism through "blog re-visto" (www.revisto.de), a project of the German entity Deutsche Welle Akademie. It distinguishes between citizen news gathering and professional journalism, noting that news presented according to journalistic principles carries the highest quality, credibility, and overall value. Finding that Internet connectivity is increasing and improving in Latin America, the article describes the greatest challenge to citizen reporting as ensuring content quality.

The article discusses the systematic ways for the study of journalism worldwide based from Latin America. It notes that a research in Latin America's journalism has many questions which adopt new inquired theories from arguments on globalization to institutionalism. It mentions that technology developments have improved newsgathering and the output of citizen journalism. It points out that the technology has helped the quality of reports, changed the purpose of the press in reflecting public arguments, and fortified the existence of civil interest in press organization.