Welcome to 21st century journalism, where citizens armed with camera phones can instantly become reporters -- or publishers.

On Monday, June 23 a video of a 12-car pileup that occurred earlier that morning on the Tomei Expressway in Aichi Prefecture Japan, dominated the news on TV. It was not taken by a television crew, but by a truck driver who used his camera phone to shoot video of the wreckage.

"Welcome to 21st century journalism, where citizens armed with camera phones can instantly become reporters -- or publishers" according to the Online Journalism Review.

"Mobile cameras will be extraordinary tools for witnesses to capture events with more immediacy than news organizations can provide." -- Jeff Jarvis, author of Buzzmachine.com.

emily | 1:49 PM | Citizens as Camera Phone Reporters |
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