---
url: 'https://dri.es/album/nowpublic'
title: NowPublic
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2026-07-24T02:51:55+00:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: album
count: 3
---

# NowPublic

![A newspaper article discusses the lack of amateur journalists in Belgium and the competition between city blogs and major news outlets.](https://dri.es/files/cache/nowpublic/standaard-2-640w.jpg)
*<a href="http://www.mict.be/personeel/dr-steve-paulussen">Steve Paulussen</a> \(post-doctoral fellow at <a href="http://ugent.be">Ghent University</a>\) states that Belgian's most popular city blog, <a href="http://gentblogt.be">Gentblogt</a>, can't compete with <a href="http://standaard.be">De Standaard's online news outlet</a>. Steve argues that Belgium doesn't have enough amateur journalists.*

![Close-up of a newspaper article discussing the credibility of citizen journalism compared to professional journalism.](https://dri.es/files/cache/nowpublic/standaard-3-640w.jpg)
*Pol Deltour, secretary of the <a href="http://www.agjpb.be/vvj/">Flemish Association of Journalists</a> claims that citizen journalism is less credible and not as trustworthy as professional journalism. He argues that <a href="http://nowpublic.com">NowPublic</a> does not have the resources to verify the correctness of their correspondents' footage.*

![A newspaper article in De Standaard discusses NowPublic and citizen journalism, highlighting its impact on traditional media.](https://dri.es/files/cache/nowpublic/standaard-1-640w.jpg)
*The one page article about <a href="http://nowpublic.com">NowPublic</a> and citizen journalism as published in the August 4 edition of <a href="http://standaard.be">De Standaard</a>. The article has good things to say about NowPublic.*