5 Quotes by Roy Greenslade

I expect citizen journalism to really take off at regional and local level: citizens reporting about what goes on in their area, on their street.

It hasn't got a proper foothold here yet -- citizen journalism hasn't carved out a niche for itself like in the United States.

The revolution sweeps all before it regardless of the consequences. This is probably the most important point: none of the revolutionaries are ever in control of their destinies. We, the followers, whether reluctant or enthusiastic, turn our backs or avert our eyes, or whether we embrace it with open arms, we're being swept along too.

The citizen journalist here is a snapper who happens to be passing somewhere where something is going on. What we haven't developed yet is the citizen journalist who goes out and writes and reports.

Among the red-top tabloids, subterfuge has become the norm.