Citizen journalism uses

Citizen JournalismThe gathering and sharing of news by members of the general public. Typically this takes place via social media channels and the internet.

One of the popularly used tools by citizen journalists are smartphones. Citizen journalism can be broken into six types: audience participation, independent news or information websites, participatory news sites, collaborative and contributory news, thin media, and personal broadcasting sites.

The importance of citizen journalism is that it is intended to bridge the gaps created by traditional news outlets and create more sources of information. The main goal of citizen journalism is to reach local communities with news that even local newspapers and broadcast stations are unable to get to.