IP Democracy: CNN Standardizes Citizen Journalist Contributions

Either today or tomorrow (depending on which news report you read), CNN will announce a new initiative that formalizes the citizen journalist contributions it uses. The news network will launch CNN Exchange, a one-stop shop for users to submit and share their videos and other news submissions.

The site features a program that allows users to upload their “I-Reports,” which will be reviewed by editors before they appear on the site. The move comes as more and more content recorded by amateurs hits the airwaves and as professional news organizations grapple with just how to treat this material. Last month, CNN relied on video it obtained from YouTube for part of its coverage of the fighting in Lebanon

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on July 31, 2006 8:09 AM to IP Democracy