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citizen journalism

British  

noun

  1. the involvement of non-professionals in reporting news, especially in blogs and other websites

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The party says he has worked for over two years closely with party leader Nick Tenconi in activism and citizen journalism for UKIP, Turning Point UK, and Disciples of Christ.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

The ousted Project Veritas leader said his new enterprise will focus on citizen journalism and solicited allies in that fight.

From Washington Times • Mar. 15, 2023

“A beautiful thing about Twitter is how it empowers citizen journalism — people are able to disseminate news without an establishment bias,” he wrote in one tweet.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022

The video was an early example of the power of citizen journalism, in which a bystander with a camcorder or cellphone could document a historic event that might otherwise be overlooked.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2021

He said he has written 7,000 words of an article about a pro-government militia in northern Myanmar, which he plans to send to Bellingcat, an open-source citizen journalism site, when it’s finished.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2018

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