How many types of Citizen Journalism are there?
A couple of years ago, when citizen journalism was literally on its way up, Steve Outing write a detailed guide to 11 different flavors of citizen journalism. Read this list and then in detail after the jump, in the knowledge that social networking tools such as http://twitter.com are providing new dimensions of reporting and insemination of information. Also keep in mind that Steve wrote this from the point of view of newspapers and how they are opening up to ideas and influences from the people at large. Useful for journalists from a traditional media background. 1. Opening up to public comment 2. The citizen add-on reporter 3. Open-source reporting: Distribute an article project among readers. 4. The citizen bloghouse: This is where most new innovation is happening, on blogs run by people in the community in places around the world. 6. The stand-alone citizen-journalism site: A mix of citizen journalism plus editors who shift, edit and choose stories from readers. 7. The stand-alone
