Framing – Citizen Journalism in the Government

1. Are there any intrinsic benefits from not being traditionally trained and vetted as journalist? Is ignorance bliss?

2. Actual journalists rely heavily on political connections and inside men from the government. Citizen journalists, as amateurs, typically do not have these connections. Is this a hindrance on their political reporting ability? Can politicians take them seriously?

3. How much authenticity can we give citizen journalism? Are they credible enough to site in research paper? If politicians are fudging the truth, and if citizen journalists are not getting or misinterpreting the truth, how are we as an audience supposed to respond what news we do read?

4. Does citizens even care anymore whether journalists are trained or not? Or do they just want stylized re-spouted rhetoric?