Citizen Journalism

Now a days all media,whether it is Print media or Electronic they use 'Citizen Journalism' or 'Participatory Journalism'.It also sends some queries to public.Why this?What is it?Can we also deliver news..

As the name says it's all about citizen in our country.They can help the media by giving news on various fields that happened near to them.Sometimes some rare events can also take place,when we travel.At that time the pubilc can use their creativity by providing news,images or videos to the main stream papers and channels and will get reward for their contribution.

When any common man in his capacity as a citizen of a nation takes up the initiative to report things or express his views about happenings around him then the occurrence is popularly termed as citizen journalism or participatory journalism.
Citizen journalists take up an initiative to express ideas irrespective of their educational or professional background. In a way this emerging form of journalism is promising a scenario of breaking free from media bias as well as taking local news on a global platform.