CNN.com, which forayed into citizen journalism last year, is to expand its experiment by creating
iReport.com, a citizen journalism feature within its actual news portal.
According to
MediaWeek, the site (still under construction) is to be similar to a video-sharing platform and will be video-centric, where “wannabe
Anderson Coopers can upload videos, photos and audio files.”
It’s still unclear as to how the site will be moderated, if at all.
During previous attempts by CNN to delve into citizen media, such as its
campaign debates organized with YouTube, “they not only came away with egg on their face, but gave significant black-eyes to New Media in the process in the eyes of the public,” according to
Mark Hopkins in
Mashable.com.
Source:
Mashable.com through Journerdism
