Citizen journalism: CI needs you!
8 September, 2010
Citizen journalism has arrived. At CI we’ve been covering the stories that matter locally and further afield, but our resources are limited and we can’t be at every meeting or cover every event – it’s not our aim anyway.
But we would be delighted if some of our readers could act as our eyes, ears – and scribes. Some of you have started doing that and we appreciate it. This is the democratisation of the media at work.
We don’t have the resources to write every story. We love receiving your submissions, and your notices for the gig guide, the noticeboard and other areas. But if you know of an event and you’re going to it, why not cover it for CI? A short written piece, a few photos, or even a video of the event may do the trick.
Let us know it’s happening, but we may not be able to get along. And your input and perspective could be refreshing, informative, fun – and importantly, help keep CI going. With the decline of printed, hard copy journalism, and the outright closure of many papers particularly in the US, this is the new world of journalism. We’ve all got access to the technology.
Let us know what you think, and hit us with your pitches and your stories!
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