citizen journalist
noun [ C ] uk/ˌsɪt.ɪ.zən ˈdʒɜː.nə.lɪst/ us/ˌsɪt̬.ə.zən ˈdʒɝː.nə.lɪst/ (also citizen reporter)
公民记者，全民记者，网民记者（撰写新闻报道的普通人而非专业记者）
an ordinary person without special training who records or writes about news stories, for example on the internet
Citizen journalists, with their phone cameras and blogs, have democratized news. 网民记者通过手机摄像头和博客实现了新闻民主化。
He calls himself a citizen reporter and blogs on the results of his investigations. 他自称公民记者，在博客上公布自己的调查结果。
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- Citizen journalists carrying cellphones sent text messages about the demonstration to bloggers in other cities, who then posted real-time reports.
- Bloggers and "citizen journalists" are passionate but completely untrained and this can be a problem.
- He believes there is a misplaced faith in the integrity of the amateur - the citizen journalist, the self-published author - and a distrust of expertise.
- They host a daily, live streaming news programme that breaks original stories using citizen journalist contributors.
- A guerrilla army of citizen reporters was smuggling out pictures as events were unfolding, and the world was watching.