Comments on: Agents for all http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/01/agents-for-all/ by Jeff Jarvis Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alan Gutierrez http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/01/agents-for-all/#comment-828 Alan Gutierrez Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:38:02 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/01/agents-for-all/#comment-828 Jeff I'm not keen on this notion of citizen journalist. I think that most bloggers are witnesses, not journalists. If I blog about something I encountered, like the Ann Arbor Art Fair, am I really reporting on it? I don't have an art background, nor do I know much about the city's retail or politics. It's just, I saw this, I saw that. Here are my photos. "All witnesses can be reporters…", "citizen journalists", well, maybe we can all be citizens, expressing our concerns for our society, and we can all be witnesses, sharing what we see, and then journalism, well, dead maybe? Jeff

I’m not keen on this notion of citizen journalist. I think that most bloggers are witnesses, not journalists. If I blog about something I encountered, like the Ann Arbor Art Fair, am I really reporting on it? I don’t have an art background, nor do I know much about the city’s retail or politics. It’s just, I saw this, I saw that. Here are my photos.

“All witnesses can be reporters…”, “citizen journalists”, well, maybe we can all be citizens, expressing our concerns for our society, and we can all be witnesses, sharing what we see, and then journalism, well, dead maybe?

]]> By: PXLated http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/01/agents-for-all/#comment-768 PXLated Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:31:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/01/agents-for-all/#comment-768 All witnesses can be reporters...I think the key here is "witness". If many people witness and take photos the value is low. If you are the only witness with photos, the value is high. Isn't that the way it's always been, the internet doesn't change that formula at all. It's just that more people carry cameras where it used to be just the pros so there is now a better chance that there will be more than one or two sources. All witnesses can be reporters…I think the key here is “witness”. If many people witness and take photos the value is low. If you are the only witness with photos, the value is high. Isn’t that the way it’s always been, the internet doesn’t change that formula at all. It’s just that more people carry cameras where it used to be just the pros so there is now a better chance that there will be more than one or two sources.

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