Just like social media sites, podcasting has significantly altered the way news is consumed and disseminated today. It helped gave rise to a new breed of reporters—citizen journalists—who have access to news and current affairs that traditional media outlets—beset by their geographical, financial, and technological limitations—cannot. In this article, we’ve taken the liberty to condense how experts view the direction citizen journalism is headed, with support from podcasting.
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