EFFECTIVE PUBLICATION

The citizen journalism publication I decided to use one that Dr. Lowery mentioned Pro Publica, which is an independent site. This publication is engaging the readers in different blog topics and discussions about community events. Some the ways that the changes in editing are shown in the stories and the writing style are through style and structure. The writing of an average citizen or is not on the same level as a journalist that has been trained to write in AP Style. This brings consistency to the writing, but there is none on this website. One of the positive things on this site is the plethora of information on the site and the wide variety of material. Yet, as far as editing is concerned there is no consistency on the types of events that get covered or the targeted audience. Also in relation to editing and the changes I addressed such as social networking and fact checking. With the website having such a wide variety of information there should be a lot of fact checking involved and reading to make sure there is no bias in the story. I think this publication is definitely effective for the community because it has things on it such as community news, business, and education just as a regular newspaper. Given my research and after reading thoughts of Outing I feel that it is necessary for newspapers to move to ways to involve the citizens but there are many downsides to it as well. The largest downside I feel is the time and schooling that a journalist has had and then there are websites where citizens can attempt to do the same thing; it makes you wonder about things. Editing has changed in many ways and this is something that this site is moving toward and having to experience the progressive changes.