Is citizen journalism entering a new phase with the rise of social media? It is quite obvious that nowadays the availability of the technology to capture and share information is unprecedented and creates ample opportunities. But it is disputed whether that fact automatically leads to the improvement of journalism in terms of quality, diversity and [...]

Last summer the Dutch Journalist and columnist Luuk Koelman declared citizen journalism dead. He came to that conclusion after a striking experiment. And admitted, it is hilarious to read on his blog how he tricked de newspaper Algemeen Dagblad by writing completely made-up articles as ‘citizen journalist’ in Japan.
However, although citizen journalism might be a [...]

Today we are hosting a round table on the topic of citizen journalism. At this round table we will present our  first findings on a dozen experts we interviewed the last weeks about. The round table is part of a research study into the influence of citizen journalism we do on behalf of the [...]