Bridging the Gap: Traditional Journalism and New Media

Brian Mahoney, Pulitzer Center

Last March, Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer appeared on BBC America with Loyce Kareri, a winner in the March 2008 Pulitzer Center-Helium Global Issues/ Citizen Voices Project.

Loyce and Jon spoke about how citizen journalists and the mainstream media can cooperate to inform and engage the public on international issues.

One of the Pulitzer Center's goals is to engage as many citizens as possible, so it was no surprise to see that an individual, Jomo Kitale from Kenya, uploaded the report to the bastion of user-generated media: YouTube.