on citizens and journalists

With the abundance of modern technology tools, anyone can be a journalist.

As Glaser puts it, anyone with access to the internet and a cellphone with a camera can easily create, augment or fact check stories run by major media organizations.

No harm done if it helps create a bigger and clearer picture of the issue.

Controversies surrounding the rise of citizen journalism continue to be debated and just like anything else, there will always be a downside to it. In the same way that there will always be a case of bad journalism.

It's better to work on the developing medium though instead of finding fault. Sooner or later, citizen journalists will be accepted as a norm, and the faster we can maximize and integrate it with traditional reporting--the better.