AllVoices Aims to Become Citizen Journalism Source for Media
The citizen-journalism site AllVoices has launched a syndication service aimed at attracting professional journalists and publishers to leverage the content from its 150,000 contributors in 167 countries around the world. “We want to become the citizen journalist site of choice, the “iReport” for the traditional media industry,” says founder Amra Tareen. “Globally, media are increasingly dependent on wire services like Reuters or AP for both their global and local content,” notes Tareen. “Plus local is starting to disappear in some places. The only way to get enough of either — global or local coverage — going forward is by using citizen journalists.” Media partners can either buy a particular piece of content, which includes text reports, photos and video, on…
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