Legal minefield

Whilst citizen journalism can enhance journalism as a whole, there are several concerns that should be taken into account...with 7/7 CJ proved to be a massive asset (at least to journalists) in that it gave us pictures to descibe exactly what happened but come the arrests on 21/7 all the mainstream news organisations were observing a news blackout implemented by police; citizen journalists however were very much out of that structure and hence could potentially threaten national secrurity by interferring with anti-terrorist operations. This links up with grey areas regarding legal technicalities that wont always be observed by citizen journalists....there is a very real risk that national security and the judicial process may be undermimed. - sophie