Citizen Journalism, also known as "public" or "street journalism" quite simply refers to the concept of a local/common individual that takes on the role of a professional reporter in the sense that they are - reporting information. The types of information that can be posted on a blog vary from; a podcast editorial to a report about a community council meeting. A blog may incorporate the use of text, photographs and graphics, as well as audio and visual material.
The main idea of a Blog is to communicate information of some kind - via means of the internet.
Citizen Journalism can be divided into two different categories, just as professional journalism is. These two categories are known as soft and hard news. Hard news being events that are reported immediately; up-to-the-minute things, while soft news comprises of background information and human interest stories. An example of a hard news blog is ABC News' 'Political Punch' blog which discusses American political issues. On the other hand, an example of soft news and a very well known citizen journalist is Perez Hilton who talks about human interest issues, such as celebrity scandals.
Authors, Bowman and Willis claim that the intent of Citizen Journalism, "is to provide independent, reliable, accurate, wide-ranging and relevant information that a democracy requires" (Wikipedia.com).
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