When Does Citizen Journalism Go Pro?
South Korea's OhmyNews is opening a Citizen Journalism School that aims to educate "content creators" on the finer points of journalism.See if this sounds familiar:
"The education program will include journalism 101 classes for citizen reporters, writing workshops for new citizen reporters, and digital camera class [sic] customized for photo journalism and video news gathering."J-school students take the same classes. When they complete their programs, they're typically thought of as professional journalists (young professionals, but professionals nonetheless).
So here's my semi-philosophical question: If a citizen journalist gets formal training in journalism, does that wipe out their citizen journalism status? And if that's the case, isn't OhmyNews -- a standard-bearer for CitJ -- undermining its own efforts?
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