So online journalists are once again breaking stories and digging for access to information that traditional print journalists are not. This time it was Wikileaks publishing "secret" documents about the war in Afghanistan. This may or may not be responsible citizenship on the part of Wikileaks...however I see it as another example of how online "citizen journalists" of the world are becoming much more relevant than that of their traditional print counterparts.
It's fascinating to see how much the practice of journalism is being completely revamped by the Web. You no longer need a journalism degree and a long list of published articles to declare yourself a journalist, you really only need a laptop and an Internet connection. This is having really profound consequences on how we get our information...is it more accurate and truthful because it is not backed by huge media conglomerates or is it less reliable because it's coming from unsubstantiated sources online?
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