Society / Covering Climate Now / Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes Without their videos of ICE shootings, we wouldn’t know what is really happening. On Sunday afternoon, CNN anchor Jake Tapper was interviewing US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hours after Border Patrol agents killed Alex Pretti. It is the facts.” When another reporter noted that the White House had just called Pretti a “domestic terrorist,” Noem forcefully agreed. Whether they know it or not, the bystanders who recorded these videos are citizen journalists. The events of recent days have shown that citizen journalists, though not a substitute for professionals, can be an invaluable complement.