Thanks for reminding people of this.

This is a big pet peeve of mine. People spend years learning the craft and get advanced degrees in journalism. The “citizen journalist” has a place, but only as someone possibly reporting an event. These formally are called stringers. They pass on info from a location to a newspaper or TV news site. Many citizen journalists do an excellent job of documenting events as they happen. This was especially apparent with the “boots on the ground” reporting of citizen journalists and bloggers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Dec 30, 2022
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Thanks for reminding people of this. I haven't heard that word "stringer" in a while, and it might help it we used it more instead of calling everyone a "citizen journalist."
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Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.
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