A citizen journalism is a non-professional journalist who is not employed by a news organization. In the age of the Internet, Citizen journalists have mushroomed across the United States.
Overall, citizen journalists do have certain advantages:
1. They do not have to adhere to the rules of the corporation they work for.
2. They can report on niche subjects which many larger corporations might ignore.
3. A non-traditional form of journalism can be informative, refreshing and entertaining
However, citizen journalism also provides certain disadvantages:
1. Unlike professional journalists, they might not be trained property
2. While still not under the control of a corporation, they can clearly have a bias and an agenda of their own
