nytimes.com — Starting tomorrow, photos and videos submitted will be placed throughout Reuters.com and Yahoo News, the most popular news Web site in the United States: An attempt to turn the millions of people with digital cameras and camera phones into photojournalists,
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jason7Dec 4, 2006
They do pay if Reuters picks up the material and offers it to traditional media. "Users will not be paid for images displayed on the Yahoo and Reuters sites. But people whose photos or videos are selected for distribution to Reuters clients will receive a payment."
secretivecowardDec 4, 2006
Occassionally, you might see a truck fire or something that would never make the news.
alphaterminusDec 4, 2006
Aule: You must lack the sarcasm gene./You're a Jew aren't you. You start all the wars./Borat would throw you down the well!
bobbaDec 4, 2006
You'll have a hard time photographing Israelis killing Palestinians in Lebanon. You should go to Israel or Gaza. Your inflammatory troll would have been half amusing had you got that bit right, but you're just a bit of a cretin really, aren't you?
digidaveDec 4, 2006Submitter
Eric: It's not about replacing professional journalists. It's about using modern technology to combine the efforts of pro's and amateurs to create something better than each could do by themselves. Near the end they mention projects like <a class="user" href="http://www.newassignment.net">http://www.newassignment.net</a> and Global Voices -- that's what these projects are about: Combining the strengths of both parties.
coopaDec 4, 2006
The BBC and my local area news here in the UK (and i know a few other local news that do the same) all ask for pics and videos taken by the general public for most newsworthy events. For example, take the firework factory explosion that killed 2 firemen over the weekend, the first 3 or 4 pictures used on news.bbc.co.uk were all from citizen journalists.
Closed AccountDec 4, 2006
information wants to be free, and a democracy is not a spectator sport
bgbalxDec 4, 2006
sounds genius until you realize the mountain of bulls**t and worthless news that will come out of this thing... not to mention the fact that it turns every Joe, Jane and dick into a paparazzi... which will be entertaining for me...
memewarriorDec 5, 2006
Witness the birth of gargoyles.
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