I HAVE BEEN WRITING RECENTLY ABOUT CITIZEN JOURNALISTS, BLOGGERS AND SUCH LIKE, AND AS A RESULT HAVE BEEN TRAWLING THE WEB LOOKING FOR EXAMPLES TO RESEARCH MY ARTICLES.

I THOUGHT I WOULD INCLUDE THIS VIDEO AS AN EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW EASY IT IS NOW FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS A START IN JOURNALISM OR TO START UP THIER OWN ORGANISATION COVERING EVENTS THAT INTEREST THEM. TO SAY IT IS EASY I THINK IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, AND WITH STREAMING TECHNOLOGY TO SERVERS, THE FOOTAGE BEING GATHERED IS NEXT TO, AS NEAR MAKES NO DIFFERENCE ... LIVE.

WITH THE HUGE UPTAKE IN CHEAP AFFORDABLE CAMERAS, AND THE FACT THAT NEARLY ALL PEOPLE CARRY A MOBILE PHONE WITH VIDEO OR PHOTO CAPABILITIES, NEARLY ANYONE WHO HAS A MIND TO, BE A CITIZEN JOURNALIST.

MAYBE THIS IS THE FUTURE. WITH SMALL, NICHE, INDEPENDENTLY MINDED PEOPLE AND SMALL INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS SUPPLYING NEWS, INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PEOPLE THAT UPTAKE THEIR SERVICES.

AND WITH A LITTLE REAL JOURNALISTIC ABILITY THEY MAY BECOME THE FUTURE OF ULTRA LOCAL NEWS GATHERING FOR LOCAL STATIONS OR NEWSPAPERS WHO STREAM OR BROADCAST VIDEO CONTENT.

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