OhMyNews
Reading 5 Quinn S (2008) chapter 7, “OhMyNews in South Korea” and a youtube video on OhMyNews.
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In Norway, where I come from, the title journalist is not protected. That means everyone can call themselves a journalist. Most of the older generation of journalists do not have an education in journalism. I know a guy that worked as a salesman, started with some freelancing for a newspaper and ended up working full time as a journalist.
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I like the idea OhMyNews has created with the citizen reporter. There are a lot of things happening in the world, and the professional reporters do not have the chance to cover all the stories. With a model like OhMyNews more stories are covered and from different angles.
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The good thing about OhMyNews is that the citizen reporters need to follow ethics and guidelines, and all stories are regulated by editors before they are published. However, the downside is for those taking an education in journalism, like myself. The journalistic world is quite competitive already, and now the rest of the people also want to interact in the creative world. Will the competition get bigger with the citizen reporter?
