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Digital technology makes 'Citizen Journalists' out of eyewitnesses eager to click and post, writes The Washington Post in a lenghty and thorough artcle on the rise of cameraphone reporters.

Nothing that hasn't been covered here before, but there are some interesting new stats and quotes from Kyle MacRae, who runs Scoopt.

"In 15 months, Scoopt has registered almost 12,000 people in 97 countries".

"With so many camera phones making celebrity photos so easy to come by", MacRae said, he is trying to get the balance right between newsworthiness and privacy.

We're stuck in the middle trying to find a sensible approach," he said. "But I do know that you can't turn this off. Sooner or later, every news story will be captured first by a citizen journalist."

emily | 10:01 AM | Citizens as Camera Phone Reporters |
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