Citizen Journalism Ethics

One of the problems with citizen journalism is the lack of journalistic training that can lead to ethical and legal problems for citizen journalists. For information about ethical questions that citizen journalists often have, there are a growing number of resources here to answer some of the questions citizens often have and posing new questions that should be considered.

What are you legally allowed to reveal about others? Does it matter if they are famous people or not? Should whether the story is "nice" or "mean" be a consideration when writing the story? What is libel, and can it be a problem for you as a citizen journalist? These are just some of the questions that every journalist must be able to answer before gaining a significant audience.