NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
I’ve been attending the 2007 Alberta H.R. Conference for the past couple of days, listening to a clutch of speakers and presenters. This morning’s keynote speaker was Leonard Brody covering the effect technology will have on the future of work, life and Canada.
One of the things he touched on was the rise of citizen journalism via social technology. He talked a bit about the service of which he is co-CEO, NowPublic.
NowPublic is a participatory news network which mobilizes an army of reporters to cover the events that define our world. In twelve short months, the company has become one of the fastest growing news organizations with thousands of reporters in over 140 countries. During Hurricane Katrina, NowPublic had more reporters in the affected area than most news organizations have on their entire staff.
From what I can see, it’s a little bit of Blogger, MySpace, Flickr, del.icio.us mashed together. Thousands of members around the world contribute their grassroots accounts of local news. This provides a faster, broader and more accurate account than what is traditionally available in the MSM.
There are RSS feeds, the ability to tip writers using PayPal, a FireFox plugin and a whole host of other features. Go and dig around the site; look at the items being submitted. Then, if you feel you can contribute, create an account and become part of changing the way news is reported.
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