Pierre Lesourd
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/ 2 December 2005

Era of citizen journalists dawns in Britain

An era of "citizen journalists" is dawning in Britain as media organisations turn increasingly to their viewers and readers to beef up news coverage, particularly with amateur photographs. The amateur photographer already has an agency — "Scoopt" — to disseminate reports or images, while the budding writer can replace professionals in <i>The Guardian</i> newspaper’s Saturday travel section.