Citizen Journalism

Citizen Journalism kind of freaks me out. Citizen Journalism, as described verbatim by Jay Rosen, is "when the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another." This sounds good, because recently citizens have gotten information out to the media even before the news cameras and reporters can. For example, people already were tweeting and posting videos of when the plane crashed into the Hudson River, simply because they were in the right place at the right time, with their camera phone. Sounds innovative, right? Well what about the journalists that have been in tons of school and preparation to be the best journalists they can be, with the competition of citizen journalists at their feet? How much experience do the citizen journalists have under their belt? It's trivial competition that is starting to have the draining effect on professional journalists. I don't find it fair that citizen journalists can be reimbursed for a story just because they were in the right place at the right time?! Do I need to pick another profession? That is the topic that is stuck in my brain all day.