It ain't easy being a Citizen Journalist. Just ask Georgia's own Nydia Tisdale.

by Angela K. Durden 

You've heard me mention Citizen Journalists in the context of this blog and others. Some may think it's easy being that. Hey, they say, all you have to do is write a few words or show some video; how hard can it be?

The rise of Citizen Journalists has happened because the Mainstream media has failed to do their job. They've failed by not researching properly. Giving opinion where pure reporting of the events would suffice. And in a lot of instances, totally fabricating stories.

So, yeah, being a Citizen Journalist is difficult. I spend hours researching and confirming stories before I write them. Even when I'm writing about them in a humorous fashion. In fact, when humor comes in is when the facts must be absolutely tight. I don't get paid for this. I do it because I must.

Just like Nydia Tisdale, a Georgia woman who has found herself to be a Citizen Video Journalist. But it seems too many politicians on both sides of the aisle don't like her filming open-to-the-public government events, meetings, and rallies. Now why is that, you think?

Here are some reading you might like to dive into.

This 2016 article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution does a great job of telling the whole story about Nydia Tisdale.

This 2014 article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution shows Tisdale has been fighting for freedom of speech for quite some time.

This 2015 article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution shows how Tisdale got started being a Citizen Journalist in her neck of the woods.

And no, Tisdale has a YouTube channel where she simply posts the videos. In other words, she's no commentator, offers no opinion; she's just the video scribe. Here is one example of what she does: