There's a great post, entitled "Anne Kilkenny - citizen journalism heroine", up over at Media Re:Public. It's written by Jon Greenberg of New Hampshire Public Radio.

In the post, Greenberg offers his perspective on Kilkenny's role - as a citizen journalist - in sharing her story about Sarah Palin. He writes:

"She praised Palin’s strengths and criticized what she saw as her weaknesses. She is no fan of Palin and acknowledging that added to the general sense of authenticity.

Kilkenny gave every reporter and news reader a leg up; a place to begin doing research on Palin and a starting point in forming an overall picture that might or might not match Kilkenny’s conclusions.

She also affirmed an emerging role for citizens in the journalism process. It is a role that lies between objective reporting and pure opinion. Non-journalists can be invaluable when they use their own eyes and ears to report what they see . . ."

Read more at Media Re:public.org