Swedish Journalists Debate UGC

A good piece via Editors Weblog on a debate at the Swedish Journalist's union.It concerns THAT debate again over user generated content.


First of all is it a threat:Interestingly the question a threat to who.Are journalists losing their traditional role as the gatekeepers,or is it simply bringing more topics into the public domain:

"Perhaps not related exactly but there was a very good article in the NS last week as to how blogs are producing debate and ariring of topics over the standard of services that we get in the Uk, "


The conclusion is that

"this may be one of the bigger challenges for journalism.
Citizens today have a number of alternative channels to find information, that
are a complement to traditional media. "

The question being

" about how to include UGC, not if it should
be."