I believe in citizen journalism for the same reason I believe in the solo developer.
Satoshi showed what one person can do. So did Snowden.
In 2013, Snowden needed the help of the (courageous) @ggreenwald, but the next Snowden could go full stack. Do the whole thing themselves.https://twitter.com/lessin/status/1281607900012535808 …
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You're saying there's some % of stories that only an established institution with $ can do. OK, let's stipulate that for argument's sake. Do you agree there are stories a citizen with particular expertise could do that an institution couldn't or wouldn't? https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-to-conduct-an-open-source-investigation-according-to-the-founder-of-bellingcat …pic.twitter.com/lJn7qBI9vG
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For example, how many professional writers had technical backgrounds in diagnostics or stats to cover COVID? My general premise is that billions of people around the world (a) do have real expertise & (b) cannot fully delegate the defense of their freedoms to media corporations.
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Famously, the president’s tax returns or that the NYT had to sue the CDC to get the data for a story this week about the demographic makeup of COVID deaths and cases.
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