citizen journalism

Citizen journalism involves journalism practices (e.g., dissemination of information) conducted by individuals who are not trained, professional journalists. Citizen journalism was made easier by social media and digital technologies. Citizen journalists include individuals who intend to report on news as well as those who simply share information on social media that is newsworthy.

An example of citizen journalism would be when a regular citizen shares a video that they took of a tornado traveling through their local community. Sharing that video would be an act of citizen journalism. Anyone can be a citizen journalist.