According to Howley, street newspapers are similar to citizen journalism in that both are a response to the perceived shortcomings of the mainstream media and both encourage involvement by non-professionals.
據Howley所言，街頭報紙和公民記者相似，兩者都是感受到主流媒體的缺點做出的反應，並且鼓勵非專業人士的參與。