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Citizen Journalist 2

Posted by: Allen Murabayashi Posted date: August 14, 2006 | No comment

I was too quick to chastise the use of Citizen Journalism. In fact, the New York Times has pointed out one very crucial niche — paparazzi.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/technology/14pix.html

I can’t think of a more appropriate use of citizen journalism than paparazzi. Why? Because the context and veracity of a photo of actor X in sweatpants makes no difference. It’s merely the image that counts. And if some random dude is lucky enough to photograph Suri Cruise with his cellphone, then more power to him.

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Allen Murabayashi
Allen is Chairman and co-founder of PhotoShelter. He is a regular contributor to the PhotoShelter blog, and he flosses daily.

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