Frugal Dad has come up with a new infographic detailing how the iPhone is a changing the way we report news today.

Titled ‘The People’s Tech Makeover’, the infographic lays out how the smartphone has empowered people by providing them a tool to report news on the ground—or what is called as ‘citizen journalism’.

Frugal Dad explains how almost anyone can now tweet and post a photo relating to any kind of historical event—effectively bypassing the traditional form of journalism.

The infographic also highlights how the iPhone camera has surpassed the Canon Powershot as the is most popular point-and-shoot camera, in turn, revolutionizing and at the same time, threatening the art of photojournalism today.

To prove his point, Frugal Dad stated how CNN laid off 12 of its full-time photojournalists in mid-November 2011.

He went on to further cite how smartphones and social media were instrumental during the Arab Spring and Occupy movement as demonstrators took to Facebook to organize protests.

With the power of reporting now not only in the hands of the media, Frugal Dad then poses the question, “How will mass media and traditional photojournalists adapt and respond to this shift?”

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