Citizen journalism is open publishing of DIY media content such as stories, images or video sources produced by any users/participates who wish to be apart of public discussion. Some citizen journalism sites are:
- Indymedia: political activism and alternative globalisation
- Slashdot: technology news and legal issues
- OhMy News: South Korean and Japanese news and politics
- Wikipedia & Wikinews: general news and information
- Current.tv: video news and documentaries
- News blogs
The traditional news process is known as gatekeeping, where there is input: gathered news by journalists; output: closed editorial by news company; and response: the edited piece to be made public. This is different to the citizen journalism news process known as gatewatching; which starts with gatewatching: open to all users to gatewatch for news sources; input: submissions of gatewatched stories, open to all users; output: instant publishing of stories, open to all users; and response: discussion and commentary open to all users.
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