In the January 20th posting, there is a continuation of the discussion of pay and citizen journalist/reporter/bloggers. The issue of pay disparity in MSM legacy operations is certainly one that must be playing out as the backstory of where professional journalism is going. The question of respect, rather than pay, for citizen contributors is an interesting one as well. Smudged Ink I agree that the idea of giving coffee mugs and T-shirts out to ciitzen reporters for their contributions is patronizing unless the contributor is about 10 years old.