Should the mainstream media "certify" citizen journalists?

Former NBC News correspondent David Hazinski, now a journalism professor at the University of Georgia, raises a provocative question via an op/ed piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He asks, in effect, "Should the mainstream media, or journalism schools, 'certify' citizen journalists?" Hazinski writes that he fears the lack of standards among citizen journalist will erode public trust in news generally. Read his full piece at: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/12/12/citizened_1213.html