Do-It-Yourself / Citizen / Participatory Journalism - United States of America
By Leah McBride Mensching, Sunday 11 February 2007 at 22:54 :: General :: #157 :: rss
by Tatiana Repkova
Yahoo launched in December YouWitnessNews, a Web siteWeb site that posts offerings from users after the submissions pass muster with professional editors.
Founded almost two years ago, news Web siteWeb site NowPublic.com taps into legions of people that post pictures, videos, or commentary online. NowPublic boasts more than 60,000 contributing "reporters" in more than 140 countries and promises to quickly locate potential witnesses or news gatherers close to breaking events from natural disasters to terrorist attacks.
"We have become the largest participatory news network in the world," NowPublic chief executive Leonard Brody told AFP. "We have everything from complete amateurs to complete professionals."
NowPublic and YouWitnessNews have formed alliances with traditional international news wire services and provide them photos or other worthy content. NowPublic takes the deal a step further, promising to swiftly pinpoint for wire service reporters potential witnesses or contributors close to the scenes of breaking news.
"If a bomb went off in Budapest and you wanted to connect with someone within a mile (1.6 kilometers) of the scene, we find them for you," Brody said. Vancouver-based NowPublic has been doubling in size every three months. NowPublic does not pay people for news stories, images or video. AFP; February 11, 2007
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