Citizen Journalism Quotes:

With technology and social media and citizen journalism, every rock that used to go unturned is now being flipped, lit and put on TV.

- LZ Granderson

source: "America, a nation without heroes" by LZ Granderson, www.cnn.com. November 17, 2011.

topic: Technology, Rocks, Media, Citizen Journalism

Citizen journalism is rapidly emerging as an invaluable part of delivering the news. With the expansion of the Web and the ever-decreasing size and cost of camera phones and video cameras, the ability to commit acts of journalism is spreading to everyone.

- Arianna Huffington

source: "Katie Couric, Tavis Smiley, Bob Woodward, Nicholas Kristof, and I Hit YouTube with Pointers for Citizen Journalists" by Arianna Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 30, 2009.

topic: Phones, Cameras, Expansion, Citizen Journalism, Video Cameras

I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.

- Morley Safer

topic: Citizens, Journalism, Surgery, Citizen Journalism

A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff like that, citizen journalism, but I do remind people that no matter how excited we are, there's no substitute for professional writing, no substitute for professional editing, and no substitute for professional fact-checking.

- Craig Newmark

topic: Writing, Editing, People, Citizen Journalism, Professional Writing

Camera-Phones are at the root of the Citizen-Journalism revolution.

- Philippe Kahn

source: NPR Interview, January 2007.

topic: Roots, Phones, Citizens, Citizen Journalism

It amazes me to witness the masochism with which some journalists characterize their industry as a dying species. The future belongs to citizen journalism and blogs.

- Mathias Dopfner

topic: Dying, Citizens, Journalism, Masochism, Citizen Journalism

Moving forward, investigative journalists need to train themselves to be media amphibians - just as comfortable with the classic verities of great journalism as they are with video, Twitter, Facebook, and, most importantly, citizen journalism.

- Arianna Huffington

topic: Moving, Media, Needs, Citizen Journalism, Amphibians