Why might citizen journalists have an advantage over professional journalists?

A citizen journalism is a non-professional journalist who is not employed by a news organization.

In the age of the Internet, Citizen journalists have mushroomed across the United States.

Overall, citizen journalists do have certain advantages:

1. They do not have to adhere to the rules of the corporation they work for.

2. They can report on niche subjects which many larger corporations might ignore.

3. A non-traditional form of journalism can be informative, refreshing and entertaining

However, citizen journalism also provides certain disadvantages:

1. Unlike professional journalists, they might not be trained property

2. While still not under the control of a corporation, they can clearly have a bias and an agenda of their own

3. Low trust factor.