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Check out this TV Technology.com story about how TV stations are getting into all the citizen journalism rage. (via Online Journalism Blog)

Being that there are only so many folks out there with cameras, it seems as if though media outlets will have to increasingly compete for the loyalty of the best citizen journalists. Those who wish to succeed had best take pains to understand why drives people to contribute (attention, recognition, serving humanity and a little cash at times, among other reasons) and what will keep them coming back.

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More Journalistopia:

• The ethics of hunger
• New York Times covers citizen journalism trend
• Jimmy Wales on ‘crowdsourcing’