Participatory journalism
Participatory journalism can help develop a sense of empowerment for ordinary citizens and community groups. It can be seen as part of Getting to know your area and can also be used identify positive news and a can-do approach.
News collaboratives, youth media outlets, and a newsletter bee (“La Abeja”) buzzing around Latin communities. A better media, in California Central Valley, The Daily Alternative (Jun 17, 2023)
Fast and flexible[edit | edit source]
Current events can be better covered, with more immediacy, when there are more people reporting them.
Through the eyes of people most affected[edit | edit source]
Commentary about local events can be seen through the eyes of people who are most affected by them - people who live in, work in or visit a locality. Participatory journalism can tackle subjects mainstream media might leave alone. Examples include environmental disasters and popular demonstrations.
About Participatory journalism[edit | edit source]
The concept of citizen journalism (also known as "public", "participatory", "democratic", "guerrilla" or "street" journalism) is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information." Similarly, Courtney C. Radsch defines citizen journalism "as an alternative and activist form of newsgathering and reporting that functions outside mainstream media institutions, often as a response to shortcomings in the professional journalistic field, that uses similar journalistic practices but is driven by different objectives and ideals and relies on alternative sources of legitimacy than traditional or mainstream journalism." Jay Rosen proposes a simpler definition: "When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another." W
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