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Discover LudwigThe phrase "citizen journalist" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to individuals who report news and information without formal training or affiliation with traditional media organizations.
Example: "In today's digital age, many citizen journalists are using social media platforms to share breaking news stories."
Alternatives: "amateur reporter" or "independent journalist."
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citizen journalist
noun
An amateur journalist who produces citizen journalism.
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Citizen journalist Rami al-Sayed is killed.
The latest was a citizen journalist murdered in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
He volunteered his time in Baba Amr as an undercover citizen journalist.
Eastern time, targeting a channel operated by a Russian citizen journalist filming the protests.
By arresting accredited journalists your government has made every Iranian a citizen journalist.
Now, he had turned citizen journalist and was reporting her death.
Well, if the citizen journalist can do it, why not the professional?
This has been changed to say they were made by a citizen journalist.
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And Twitter provided the view, an unedited, unscripted look into the world as it changed, through police-scanner blasts, eyewitness reports, and grainy citizen-journalist photography.
Professional photojournalists are taking note of the citizen-journalist phenomenon but don't fear obsolescence.
Now, everyone is an 'activist' and a 'citizen journalist.'".
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