Romenesko

Los Angeles Times
The pioneering citizen journalism website's ideas of engaging readers have been co-opted by rivals in South Korea and all the way to CNN and the BBC, writes Don Lee. "But OhmyNews has encountered other problems. It has faced questions of credibility, partly because of its liberal bent and its army of nonprofessional reporters. In one instance, an advertising agent and citizen reporter wrote a story promoting a company that, it was later discovered, was one of his clients, prompting Oh to issue a public apology."