Yahoo Inc. em parceria com a Reuters pretendem incentivar os utilizadores da web a contribuírem com fotografias e vídeos de acontecimentos noticiosos, tornando-se o utilizador, um jornalista amador.NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc., in partnership with Reuters, is inviting the public to contribute eyewitness photos and videos of news events, in the latest move to turn spectators into on-the-spot journalists.
The Internet media company said it has created a news contribution system called "You Witness" and is working with news and information company Reuters Group Plc, which will edit and distribute selected photos to other news outlets.
Yahoo plans to run selected images contributed by users as part of topical packages on Yahoo News, which currently offers news from dozens of professional news organizations including Associated Press, CNN and Reuters.
With hundreds of millions of camera phones in circulation, consumers are able to take high-quality photos and videos.
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