Practical benefits of citizen journalism
Pegasus suggests one you might not have thought of:
Now maybe I read too many comic books as a kid, but I remember the square-jawed goons were always looking over their shoulder to see if some nosy cub reporter was around the corner. 'Cos in an old-timey narrowly-drawn geographic beat system that newspapers used to employ, there was a fair chance they might be. ...Neighborhood Watch with laptops? I've heard worse ideas.... it seems to me that if a hypothetical news organization had a crew of 50-70 professional reporters, stringers and Citizen Journalists roaming the city, armed with cell phones and cameras; investigating every neighborhood crime they could scoop and actively patrolling for neighborhood news -- our little burg [Dallas -- Lex] might not be in such dire need of saving. Because that, in and of itself, might be almost as much of a deterrent as a vigilant(e) group of volunteers.
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Y'all might want to get on it -- looks like the Angels are headed your way too:
http://www.guardianangels.org/programs_safetyfull.php
I'm baffled that Wheldon would need a chapter...
Posted on February 22, 2005 12:41 PM
Yeah, I've already e-mailed for info even though that's technically not my job right now ... as a former New Yorker, I'm curious about the whole thing.
Posted on February 22, 2005 2:27 PM