Elias Bizannes: 'Citizen Journalism is Not Dead...'
Elias Bizannes down in Sydney, Australia, asserts in a July 8, 2007, post headlined "Citizen journalism is not dead: it’s just a baby still":
Citizen journalism is not dead - you only have to check out the political blogosphere to realise that. That then leads us to the argument of what is journalism and what is blogging, but I think it’s fair to say, blogging as a form of writing is like editorial pages. Blogging can be a form of journalism - but blogging can also be something else: they are not mutually exclusive. We should also not confuse the fact that a blog as a technology tool is to be treated differently from blogging as a writing style.
According to Bizannes: "What threatens Citizen Journalism as a business model, is that anyone can create a blog and anyone can insert ads into their blog to m - you can be your own publisher with $0. However therein also lies the opportunity for CitJ news organisations - blogs take time to build a brand (like any other publication) and just because you can wack some ads on your blog, doesn’t mean you can make money out of it."
Note: The quotes above are as written by Bizannes.
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