Walker News Desk is Seeking:
5
Field Editors
SUMMARY: A video/citizen journalism platform is launching in
Chicago and in several other American cities in anticipation of covering
scheduled events such as the G8 and NATO conferences coming up on May 15-22,
2012. G8 STORY.
WND
has expanded its user-generated content
(UGC) efforts with the launch of a new project calling for eye witness reports
from news readers. Its become a Solo
Journalist (“SOJO”) blogsite collects and publish pictures and videos from people
"who have witnessed a remarkable event". Contributions
are selected and verified by the WND desk before publication and run alongside
reports from correspondents.
This launch follows the introduction of a WND SOJO desk eight months ago to monitor social networks and blogs for news leads and relevant content. The new section is charged with designing innovative ways of delivering news online to attract new readers. WND's flagship video sites www.walkernewsdesk.blogspot.com feature and distribute livestreaming and Video-On-Demand pieces of user-generated content in 2012. The topics range from hyper-local news involving OWS, corporate profiteering, climate hacking, geo-engineering, ending corporate personhood, water commoditization, threats to health on a global scale ... and much more.
Experts agree, "… handling user-generated content has become part of routine media business, and the ability to work with citizen journalists, encourage, train and offer them a platform for broadcasting, gives WND a fantastic advantage.”
Materials can be sent via the WND SUBMISSIONS Site.
To encourage contributions, seminars and training programs will also be held and prizes award for the best submissions. More information will be provided in March here....Read Rest of Job Descriptions and Requirements HERE.
This launch follows the introduction of a WND SOJO desk eight months ago to monitor social networks and blogs for news leads and relevant content. The new section is charged with designing innovative ways of delivering news online to attract new readers. WND's flagship video sites www.walkernewsdesk.blogspot.com feature and distribute livestreaming and Video-On-Demand pieces of user-generated content in 2012. The topics range from hyper-local news involving OWS, corporate profiteering, climate hacking, geo-engineering, ending corporate personhood, water commoditization, threats to health on a global scale ... and much more.
Experts agree, "… handling user-generated content has become part of routine media business, and the ability to work with citizen journalists, encourage, train and offer them a platform for broadcasting, gives WND a fantastic advantage.”
Materials can be sent via the WND SUBMISSIONS Site.
To encourage contributions, seminars and training programs will also be held and prizes award for the best submissions. More information will be provided in March here....Read Rest of Job Descriptions and Requirements HERE.
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