Dr. Robert K. Logan, in his book Understanding New Media, claims that, in order for the new environment of citizens reporters to be effective, there needs to be a "citizen editor" monitoring what people are writing.

This concept relates a lot to my last post in that it speaks of some sort of regulation on the information bloggers are posting on the internet. This idea of bloggers who are "endorsed" by a credible editor seems to be a plausible solution. Doing it this way eliminates the need for government regulation; if someone want to write junk, let 'em, none of us will read it anyway. At the same time, it creates credible news outlets that are monitored for ethics and accuracy that all can contribute to and access.