A while back Dan Gillmor spoke of the postives of citizens watching-dogging reporters and the negatives of having a possible truth squad.
However, if not for citizen bloggers how would we have learned about this reporting trend by Adam Nagourney of The New York Times.
As the blogger notes, it might be just the way things are. But don’t try to tell that to this blogger.
Thanks to JD Lasica for the pointer.
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Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.