No more waiting to upload a video onto a site. Several companies such as Qik and Fixwagon are now offering software to accomplish "street journalism", a term used by BBC to describe the phenomenon of transmitting a live video filmed with a camera phone onto a site.

An Israeli television channel is conducting an experiment in giving camera phones to residents in Sderot and Askelon so they can have live evidence of missiles being shipped to their regions.

Leading bloggers already participate in street journalism by streaming live video footage of them attending conferences and of the supporters of American presidential election candidates, which they send to MTV online campaigns.

This is a new development that can bolster citizen journalism since people who are on site at events can immediately transmit their footage to the web, and in turn, viewers can receive on the spot coverage.

Source: Tribune de Genève (in French), Digital Photography School (image)