Factors that gave rise to citizen journalism, including the development and proliferation of mobile technology. The presentation also lists some watershed moments in the history of citizen journalism,

1. Timeline: Citizen Journalism

4. Feb. 2, 2003 National Weather Service radar detects debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia, which broke up on atmospheric re-entry.

16. April 16, 2007. The video clips were then broadcast widely by CNN and other media. VT student Jamal Albarghouti used his cell phone to capture video of the shootings in progress and sent them to CNN’s iReport citizen journalism website.

17. August 1, 2007. Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

19. September 2007. Protests in Burma Citizen protests in Burma were largely reported to the world through photos and video captured on mobile phones.

21. October 2007. California wildfires Traditional media outlets solicit submissions from people capturing news about the fires with cell phone cameras and posting the information on blogs, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.

23. October 2007. Nokia and Reuters announce partnership to create the Mobile Journalism Toolkit : Nokia N95 cell phone, keyboard, small tripod, solar charger — technologies used by amateurs to capture local news.

27. 2007-2008. U.S. Presidential Election Journalists and many others use their mobile devices and Twitter to “microblog.” Thousands of individuals, as well as major news organizations, post 140-character news updates and opinion using Twitter.

29. Bloggers http://technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/

30. June 2009. Iranian elections Twitter proves significant in keeping Iranians and the world advised as to happenings in Iran -- where open Internet and cell phone communication has been thwarted.