Citizen semantics

The Press Gazette - a paper I sometimes write for - runs a news column on ScooptWords today. New Media reporter Martin Stabe also takes the citizen's bull by the proverbials to banter about that scourge of modern media, the term 'citizen journalism', and the reaction to a 'Citj' competition the paper is running. Yes, it's a nonsense, a daft term, but is it a temporary term? As far as the wordy end of CitJ goes, when all journalists are bloggers and all bloggers are... well... umm... bloggers, we'll just have bloggers, no? If the written word is a large part of your job in three year's time you may just find yourself at dinner parties breaking ice over Cava & canapes not with, "I'm a journalist. I write for The Sun. Could you pass the hummous?" but "I'm a blogger. I blog for the New York Times. Mmm... This falafel's divine." Read the full Press Gazette Q&A.