Dan Gillmor weighs in on the Freedman-CBS News rant eviscerating Citizen Journalism

Dan Gillmor was among the very first professional journalists to recognize the CJ movement – and to recognize it for what it is: not a replacement for, but an addition to traditional journalism. That is precisely my position about the phenomenon. Whether you be a supporter or detractor of citizen journalism, Gillmor's observations demand close analysis. Straw Men Versus Citizen Journalists | Center for Citizen Media: Blog

Excerpt: Citizen journalism doesn’t replace the professionals; at least I hope not. We need the best of what the pros do. (I’m not addressing the business issues here that are undermining the pros’ business models; that’s a somewhat separate but definitely important topic.)But we are going to have to all recognize that the old systems are expanding. We are learning new ways to gather, sift and recombine what we know and learn together. We can all win in that game.