Citizen journalism is coup d’état by the citizens against traditional journalism with the community taking on a more proactive role in collating and disseminating news and information through new digital media, according to Ali Al Karni, Director, Al Jazirah Newspaper Chair for International Journalism, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Al Karni’s comments came during a workshop on ‘Citizen Journalism: Challenging the Unnamed Source’, held during Arab Media Forum 2010 that ...