Besides being able to make a difference in your world, the other reason that “citizen journalism” is catching on so rapidly is that it's fairly clear that regular reporters have pretty interesting jobs. It's true.

Reporters have a freedom that is very unusual, because society has brokered this amazing deal with them:

“We will allow you to ask tough, even rude questions to people in authority; we will let you go past ‘No Trespassing’ signs (under certain circumstances, see Tip #20: Fine Print - About Safety); we will allow you do all sorts of outrageous things that no one else gets to do. But in return, we absolutely require that you will always tell the truth, and ask the questions that absolutely require asking.”

This unwritten social contract means that if you take this project seriously, you will have adventures: that's a guarantee. Okay, so some of these will be very modest adventures, like taking a photo of a fender bender, or posting a comment. But hey, every smaller adventure can lead to a bigger one. You don’t know until you go, as they say.