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Journalism in the Hands of the Neighborhood.

Authors :
Cohen, Noam
Source :
New York Times. 3/10/2008, Vol. 157 Issue 54245, p3. 0p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

''We are uncomfortable with the term 'citizen journalism,' '' said Todd Wolfson, 35, a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the organizers of the Media Mobilizing Project in Philadelphia. ''We prefer the term 'community journalism.' '' Citizen journalism has become the faddish name for the effort to encourage regular folk to use the Internet to report the news directly, but Mr. Wolfson had a point: many of the people whom his organization and an immigrant rights group, Juntos, are teaching to make video reports for streaming on the Internet are not citizens. Many are not even legal residents. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Subjects

Subjects :
*CITIZEN journalism
*INTERNET

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03624331
Volume :
157
Issue :
54245
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Times
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
31219329