Twelve months ago, who had heard of podcasting? A week ago, the events in London thrust citizen journalism into the spotlight after images showing the extent of the damage, taken on mobile phone cameras, were broadcast globally in mainstream media.
Podcasting is the latest techno innovation to go mainstream and, just as camera-enabled mobile phones have allowed anyone and everyone to become a photo-journalist, this new technology now provides ordinary people with the means to become citizen broadcasters.
