Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greensladeis Professor of Journalism at City University London and has been a media commentator since 1992, most especially for The Guardian. He writes a daily blog on The Guardian media site and wrote a column for the London Evening Standard for ten years from 2006...
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The citizen journalist here is a snapper who happens to be passing somewhere where something is going on. What we haven't developed yet is the citizen journalist who goes out and writes and reports.
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Among the red-top tabloids, subterfuge has become the norm.
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It hasn't got a proper foothold here yet -- citizen journalism hasn't carved out a niche for itself like in the United States.
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I expect citizen journalism to really take off at regional and local level: citizens reporting about what goes on in their area, on their street.
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The revolution sweeps all before it regardless of the consequences. This is probably the most important point: none of the revolutionaries are ever in control of their destinies. We, the followers, whether reluctant or enthusiastic, turn our backs or avert our eyes, or whether we embrace it with open arms, we're being swept along too.