Lemann Adds Fuel to a Fiery Debate

by Joy Polanco
Citizen journalists are tired of the old media versus new media debate. In a rebuttal to Nicholas Lemann’s New Yorker piece on citizen journalism, “Amateur Hour: Journalism Without Journalists,” Joy Polanco asks several citizen journalists to respond to Lemann. Polanco concludes, from the robust and vehement responses she receives, that the argument surrounding citizen journalism is far from over.
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