Citizen journalism: how democratic is it?

As I flew over the Canadian ice-pack on my way to a new media conference (oops, a bit less ice now thanks to long-haul travel…) I finally get the chance to catch up on some reading. So I delve in to the further reaches of the Pew Report on American Media. It is a massive annual survey of all aspects of US media. When you turn to the bit on citizen journalism it has some interesting thoughts based upon a research survey of 25 news sites and 39 blogs.