CJs cover Taiwanese support for Thai democracy rallies

The most precious part of browsing the PeoPo Citizen Journalism Platform is seeing issues that the mainstream media don't cover. Since July, a street movement has swept across Thailand, demanding constitutional reform to limit the Thai royal family's power and give more democratic rights to the people. The people of Taiwan have shown solidarity with the street movement, and two citizen journalists covered support rallies in August and September of this year, hoping that through PeoPo Webcast, more awareness will be raised about the situation in Thailand.

Issues related to international politics have received relatively little attention in Taiwan's mainstream television media, and so there has been little opportunity for Taiwan's NGOs to raise support activities. However, thanks to two citizen journalists' concerns, many people have become aware of this issue, again demonstrating the indispensable value of citizen journalism.

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公民記者記錄 台灣民眾撐泰國民主集會

瀏覽PeoPo公民新聞平台上的公民新聞，最珍貴的部分就是看到公民記者透過鏡頭，去關心許多商業媒體不會報導的新聞，看見台灣各地蓬勃的活力。近期泰國民眾集會，要求皇室改革限縮權力，並賦予人民更多民主權利的聲浪。這個從七月開始在泰國風起雲湧的街頭運動，台灣也有響應聲浪，兩位公民記者分別報導在今年八月以及九月，在台灣的泰國人以及台灣民眾的聲援活動，希望透過webcast的彙整，可以讓更多人一起關注。

國際政治相關的議題，在台灣的電視媒體中相對比較少被關注，而台灣民間的聲援活動，自然更是少有曝光機會，但是兩位公民記者不約而同關心這個議題，也透過報導希望讓更多人了解，展現了公民報導的珍貴價值。

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