Citizen Journalism

This is an article by Peter Horrocks - head of the BBC news room about the pros and cons of citizen journalism. It also describes how the use of new media and "accidental journalists" has made actual changes to the structure of the BBC newsroom.

I particularly like what he writes about the difficulties in ethically editing comment forums such as Have Your Say - trying to balance the public's right to a forum with the real possibility that that forum can be overtaken with views based on hatred rather than informed debate.

James

PS. It may not be clear but the link for the article is embedded in the title if the blog.