In this video we hear citizen journalists described as ‘People who are not journalists committing random acts of journalism’. It continues to ask questions of the implications of citizen journalism with a general sense of positivity. It is stated by Chris Daly, Professor of Journalism in Boston University that this is of significant importance because ‘it is in the hands of ordinary people’. Yet what about all the journalist who now blog, is this an attempt to be show more of their personality and so be a more ‘interesting’ reporter? We just have to look at Irish Journalists who blog and twitter to see that this is very popular. It could be seen that journalists who constantly do so are simply in a bid to remain popular with the public rather than actually wanting to do extra work! Yet this is not how blogging should be treated and as such could potentially be seen to take away from journalistic ethics.

While citizen journalism can be seen to take jobs away from trained journalists it can be argued that this will bring an extra strength to journalism. Journalists hold a power to inform the public and so potentially shape and form opinions. Yet simply because a person holds a Journalism degree does not necessarily make them the best equipped for the job. Journalism requires a person to be fair, impartial, objective and truthful yet these are personal characteristics that cannot always be thought!