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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

Musk has called himself a “free-speech absolutist” and said that wider verifications would help the cause of citizen journalism.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

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 vital, stimulating dispatch from the frontlines of consequential citizen journalism, “Writing with Fire” makes powerfully clear how underserved communities everywhere need reporters like the women of KL: resourceful and unafraid.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 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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