The web has plenty of coverage of Katrina and the dreadful aftermath. Some of the coverage demonstrates the importance and value of citizen reporting. Here are my top three picks for what it’s worth.
Nola.com. This one was based on New Orleans.
There are others but these are the very best.
CNN calling for stories from citizen journalists.
Thanks to mobile devices and some stumbles by some news organisations, citizens are more actively engaged in reporting news and providing commentary than ever. Here in Australia maybe a publisher could find a way to use our 4,600 newsagents to more closely connect with would be citizen journalists.