Global: Citizen journalism tends to be shallow and middle-class

Johncom’s new website — www.reporter.co.za — highlights the potential and limitations of the new craze for citizen journalism, begins this column posted on www.journalism.co.za and written by journalism professor Anton Harber. "Think of the potential problems. How do you verify stories e-mailed into you? How do you prevent commercial interests from placing their public relations material? Or planting stories for fun or to harm their competition?"