Citizen journalism comes to the fore

As hundreds of reporters from home and abroad converged in quake-hit areas shortly after the May 12 temblor struck Sichuan province, Internet users nationwide also did their part to spread news of the disaster through cyberspace and help with relief work.

Zhang Qi, a student of the Culinary Institute of Sichuan who comes from the quake epicenter of Wenchuan, is exemplary of the citizen journalism seen in the past month.