This is a timeline reviewing major events in press history, specifically citizen journalism. From Kennedy’s assassination to ISIS-occupied Syria, there have been many citizens who were able to capture a moment that professional media was not there to report on themselves. This timeline reviews the moments in history, as well as how they matter as acts of citizen journalism and their prominence in the practice. As technology advances, as cameras become more and more able to be handheld, simplistic devices and the internet grows even more accessible around the world, citizen journalism will rise.

 

Works Cited

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Dybwad, Barb. “Time-lapse Footage of Flight 1549 Exhumed from the Hudson [VIDEO].” Mashable. Mashable, 22 Jan. 2010. Web. 16 May 2017.

Glazowski, Paul. “US Election Wiki To Watch: Superdelegate Transparency Project.” Mashable. Mashable, 17 Feb. 2008. Web. 16 May 2017.

Heather Brown, Emily Guskin and Amy Mitchell. “The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings.” Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project. N.p., 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 16 May 2017.

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Scott, A. O. “Footage of Death Plays On in Memory.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Nov. 2013. Web. 16 May 2017.

Speri, Alice. “Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, And These Guys Are Risking Their Lives To Document It.” VICE News. N.p., 25 Sept. 2014. Web. 16 May 2017.

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