These days, anyone with a camera phone or computer can report the news as they see it. Citizen Journalism is rampant. But is it accurate? Our mainstream journalist delves into the debate.
FIRST HALF
The BBC’s Michael Buerk examines how bloggers, tweeters, and social networkers have changed the face of journalism. He probes whether this egalitarian approach to newsgathering leads to democracy - or chaos.
SECOND HALF
Michael Buerk reports from Cairo, where the government clamps down hard on citizen journalists. The struggle is on, he says, between old power and new technology.
THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world.