Journalist Bill Moyers addresses the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008. 
Moyers challenges the current state of mainstream journalism in his talk:
“You couldn’t find a more revealing measure of the state of the dominant media today than the continuing ubiquitous presence — on the air and in print — of the very [...]

YouTube is looking for citizen journalists.

“People around the world have been using YouTube to report on the events and issues affecting their lives, shedding light on stories that might otherwise not be told and offering new perspectives on events covered by the traditional media,” notes YouTube’s Olivia M. “To highlight these journalists on YouTube, we’re announcing the launch of the Reporter channel type.”

YouTube plans to create a special browse page to highlight “Reporter” channel content.

A majority of Americans (55%) said bloggers are important to the future of American journalism and 74% said citizen journalism will play a vital role, according to a new We Media - Zogby Interactive poll.
Highlights:

72% said they were dissatisfied with the quality of American journalism today.
61% said they believed traditional journalism is out of touch [...]