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Pitfalls of citizen journalism

By Julie Starr | Published: November 17, 2008

This is out of date but something I wanted to remember (and my blog's as good a place as any to store things I want to refer to later). It's a cautionary note on citizen journalism, and specifically on CNN's experimental iReport site, from Crowdsourcing author Jeff Howe.

"As many of you already know (certainly the readers of my book), I'm ambivalent about the usefulness of crowdsourcing in journalism. Today (October 3, 2008) proved my ambivalence isn't misguided.

Posted in Communities, Crowdsourcing, Journalism, Social Media | Also tagged citizen journalism, cnn | Leave a comment

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This is the blog of Julie Starr. I write about the news business and consult on newsroom integration and change projects.

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