Citizen journalism has risen alongside new technologies that allow ordinary people to participate in news creation and sharing. Now, over a third of internet users have contributed to or commented on news, blurring the line between professional journalists and citizen participants. Younger generations especially see getting and sharing news as a social activity. Mobile access further enables on-the-spot reporting from citizen bystanders. While blogs differ in focus, citizen journalism can help broaden news coverage and fill gaps left by shrinking professional outlets. Landmark events like crises have highlighted citizen media's ability to spread verification quickly.

1. Citizen Journalism

4. Consumers now have tools to be active participants in news creation, dissemination and even “editing” process. Rise of new kind of hybrid news consumer/participator. These shifts affect how people treat news, relate to news organizations, and think of themselves as news makers and commentators in their own right.

16. A partnership between newspapers and citizen journalism organizations will be beneficial not only for both, but also for people, citizens, readers, who will be better informed.

23. Mumbai, 2009

25. Hudson River Plane Crash, 2009 (Shorty Award)

32. Heba Naguib, bloggers, Al Masry Al Youm