Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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The Oxymoronic Citizen Journalism | paidContent:UK

18 May, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

    Interesting take by Frederic Filloux:

    "Does it means public input in news should be kept at bay? Certainly not. Quite the contrary, actually. Newsrooms have a challenge on their hands, they need to get better at handling such input.

    […]

    But, to thrive, journalism requires more than a checkbook. It has to be built around a set of cultural traits that are in total contradiction to the engineering efficiencies of a search engine or an internet portal. Evidently, the modern news business requires more technology; and journalists needs the dialectics from their public. But news requires more professionalism than mere crowd-powered demagoguery. Today and, I believe, for as long as trust is to be part of the relationship with readers."

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