Citizen journalism story frenzy (part 1) - Opportunity knocks

The UK Press Gazette has put together a special feature about citizen journalism. [via Scoopt Blog]

This is part 1.

-- Opportunity knocks - Scoopt picture agency founder Kyle MacRae talks about the early days of the venture and why he has made few fans on tabloid newspaper features desks.

Interesting: "While picture desks are only to happy to deal with Scoopt, the feature desks won't touch us. You can see why. All newspapers (and broadcasters) can solicit pics from their own readership for free, so they have a vested interest in not promoting a company that tells their readers not to be such mugs."

Other chapters from the special feature in the UK Press Gazette :

-- Using a cameraphone to cover Iraq for CNN

-- ITV welcomes the 'video witnesses'

-- Turning the digital deluge into news

emily | 1:18 PM | Citizens as Camera Phone Reporters |
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