The Tsumnami was a turning point for citizen journalism, writes Steve Outing. "What's amazing is how many of the people who experienced and survived the disaster -- spread across several countries and thousands of miles -- were able to share their heart-wrenching stories, photographs, and videos with the rest of the world." I think what was also different about the Tsunami coverage is that the citizen journalists changed the point of view from the 'high profile' statements and expert opinions to the human drama struggle with, and report on, the disaster. Dan Gillmor argues that the role of news media should be to aggregate the best content. But this, too, is one step behind - citizen aggregators, like citizen journalists, are already emerging. Like this. Also, here is another article on the same theme.CRLF
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