New citizen journalism site to launch

A new multimedia “citizen journalism” site called NowPublic is getting ready to launch. The site will allow readers to “assign” stories to reporters; sign up to be a reporter; file photographs, video and MP3s; and “build your own newsroom” and follow the news with “watchlists.”

According to the beta version of the site, which is now password-protected, here’s how the site will work:


First, a member logs in and opens an assignment for a reporter. Once the assignment is opened, it appears on the homepage of all reporters (provided they are logged in) in the area. Once a reporter has filed a photograph, video or MP3, then the assignment becomes a news story and appears in the developing news section and within the appropriate categories.

March 20, 2005 by
Filed Under: Social Media

COMMENTS

  • Julie Anderson

    Does anyone know if this the same effort being planned in Dallas?

  • Micheal Tippett

    This is Michael Tippett (one of the guys behind NowPublic). Here’s our offical blurb:

    “The news is now public thanks to new technology like camera phones, digital cameras, blogging tools, and RSS standards. NowPublic combines the functionality of these emerging tools to let people investigate, produce, and publish news that they care about.

    With NowPublic, bloggers and citizen journalists can automatically dispatch reporters and photographers to the site of a news story anywhere in the world. At the same time photographers can safely distribute, manage, license and sell their work through NowPublic’s portable, point-of-sale smart media format.

    News readers can compare real-time, breaking stories to other coverage on the web and in the media, and because all NowPublic content is accessible and sortable into multiple and specific RSS feeds, reports are circulated back into the blogosphere.”

    If anyone wants more information about the site please don’t hesitate to ping me.

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