Leonard Pitts is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, nationally syndicated via the Miami Herald. How does he feel about citizen journalism?
I'm not sure exactly where he comes down on the subject, although perhaps the title of his column yesterday offers a clue: "Citizen journalists? Spreading like a cold."
It also begins with this line: "I do not believe in citizen journalism"
And before he is through, he writes this: "Citizen journalism is to journalism as pornography is to a Martin Scorsese film."
Reading between the lines, I'm guessing he's not a big fan.
The entire column is here.
