The George Polk Awards are given to journalists by Long Island University in New York and are considered to be extremely prestigious. This year, whoever shot the video on his cell phone of Iranian protester Neda Soltan won the prize, making it the first time ever the award was given to an anonymous journalist.
http://gawker.com/5473153/cell+phone-neda-cameraman-wins-polk-award
Goes to show that as long as you're in the right place at the right time--and of course, you have a cell phone--you can be considered a content creator rather than just a consumer. This shift from one-to-many to many-to-many is quickly closing in. Poor professionals. They're doomed.
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