One of the great benefits of digital technology is the rise of citizen journalism and blogging, in which amateurs, without any formal training or connections to traditional news outlets, are able to have their voices heard. “We’re living in this world where there’s this marvelous word, ‘disintermediation,’ where people used to have to go get hired by a newspaper or get a broadcaster to take them on in order to get what they were saying out to an audience,” said Anne Morrison, director of the BBC Academy.