The Impact of YouTube on the Future of Journalism

There’s no doubt that modern technology has changed the way our society interacts and communicates.  From smartphones to digital still cameras to hand-held video recorders, the tools for capturing the events happening around us are in the hands of the people.  The implications for the future of journalism are immense.  ”When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools in their possession to inform one another,” says NYU Journalism professor Jay Rosen, “that’s citizen journalism.”

With such projects as Project Report, YouTube (and Google) are actively encouraging the use of video sharing for storytelling and journalistic reporting.

Resources

Articles

• YouTube and Mainstream Journalism: Strange Bedfellows
• Top journalists give tips on YouTube
• Can Local News Websites Make YouTube’s Citizen Journalism Project Work?
• Missed Opportunities
• YouTube Offering Citizen Journalism
• Citizen News: YouTube’s Citizen Journalism Push

Videos

• YouTube’s Project Report
• YouTube’s Citizen News
• Reporters’ Center YouTube Channel
• Definition of Citizen Journalism
• The Future of Journalism
• Secrets to Starting a Citizen Journalism Organization

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