well I just finished my essay and hopefully I sent it the right way.
It was hard coming to a conclusion on the question I chose. As I learn about the morals and ethics of Journalism I can see why so many people are against citizen Journalism.
But in the sense that without them a lot of the information journalist use to create a story would be missing and an important part of the story lost.
I eventually came to the conclusion that having citizens around to take photo's, record and give great detail about events, I wouldn't call them journalists.
I tried to think of a way to explain the relationship of Journalists and citizen journalist and as I love shopping, this way made it more clear for me.
A Professional Journalist is like a really stylish girl, she knows whats in, she knows what colours, what brands and how to wear it. The citizen Journalist is the shirt she wears, yes it is very helpful and essential to what she is wearing as a whole, but it is not the shirt that makes the outfit, it is the girl (the professional journalist) who styled it in a way that no one else could with out her talent.
I hope that also helped you understand via my perspective.
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