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Why Everybody Is a Reporter

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by debwire | August 22, 2005 at 02:59 am

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Paul Chenoweth never leaves home without his digital camera or video camera. A graduate student at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., he shoots video and photos around town and posts them to his technology-themed Weblog, Chasing the Dragon's Tail. Chenoweth is particularly proud of a piece he filmed recently in Rio das Pedras, Brazil, where a group from the local Brentwood Baptist Church helped construct a new church.

Chenoweth is not a reporter or cameraman but a one-man news crew among a growing number of citizen journalists now exploiting the efficiency of cheap, portable gadgets and the instant speed and spread of publishing on the Internet, particularly on Web logs (or blogs). It's vox populi meets reality TV.

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at 09:07 on August 22nd, 2005

To say that I NEVER leave home without my camera is a stretch, but most of the time I am only a few seconds away from capturing an image or at least a quick clip. I am still chuckling a bit over the 'one-man-news-crew'...

Thanks for taking time to post the story. You must now carry the burden of having introduced me to NowPublic *smile*. I look forward to reading your posts.

Paul

at 14:04 on August 22nd, 2005

Welcome aboard Paul -- it's great to have a person who is the subject of an article -- you -- as a member! I look forward to seeing your work and posts as well.

at 09:26 on August 23rd, 2005

Welcome to the site Paul.

Best, Michael.

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