Citizen journalists refers to the people who formerly known as audience. "Doing citizen journalism right means crafting a crew of correspondents who are typically excluded from or misrepresented by local television news: low-income women, minorities and youth -- the very demographic and lifestyle groups who have little access to the media and that advertisers don't want," says Robert Huesca. But now, after the appearance of Citizen Journalism, it breaks the limit between disseminator and the audience. Because of the participation and influence, the news from mainstream media becomes more and more impersonal and rational. News is not about the words and facts described by one or more particular media corporations but the “voice” from the public.
Online Journalism Review classifies citizen journalism into the following types:- Audience participation – such as user comments attached to new stories, personal blogs, photos or videos captured from personal devices or even local news written by members of local communities.
- Independent news websites
- Full-fledged participatory news sites
- Collaborative and contributory media sites
- “Thin media” such as email newsletters – Mailing lists, email newsletters
- Podcasts and other personal broadcast sites
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