Inside Look at the New DigitalJournal.com
DigitalJournal.com has launched totally new features on its citizen journalism website to harness the power of social networking and news. Members can blog about news items they find important, vote on articles, upload and share images, join or create Groups to talk about news and even get paid to report news. DigitalJournal.com shares a portion of its ad revenue with all citizen journalists around the world.This interview with DigitalJournal.com Editor-in-Chief appeared on a tehc/internet show called HomePage in Toronto. Hogg gives viewers a look at some of the interesting new features:======Get Paid to Report News: In September 2006, DigitalJournal.com launched the Web's first revenue-sharing initiative for Citizen Journalists and bloggers, where DigitalJournal.com shares a portion of its advertising revenue with all Citizen Journalists through our "moneypot." We have already paid out more than $38,000 to Citizen Journalists (and counting) and we continue to put more money into payments as site revenue climbs. We are continuing this fantastic feature and invite anyone to sign-up and join the team. With an always-growing cash pool, every Citizen Journalist gets a chance to compete for a share of the moneypot, so the more news a Citizen Journalist posts, the more he or she can earn. Everyone is welcome to apply. If members prefer to just blog and contribute for fun (unpaid), we welcome that too -- it's entirely up to users.Post Blogs: This feature is for professional journalists, Citizen Journalists or just someone with an opinion. DigitalJournal.com invites anyone to start their own blog on the news site and cover topics that matter to them. We allow users to start their own blog, or blog as part of a Group.Powerful Image Tools: DigitalJournal.com now allows anyone to upload huge images to the site, through a front-page widget or within articles. All images appear in a new photo category on the site and can be voted on by members. Members can also collaborate by cross-posting images, meaning they can add as many images as they like to an article they author, or an article authored by someone else. The idea with DigitalJournal.com images is to collaborate as a community, so if a user has an image related to someone else's news event, they can upload them to any story.Groups: DigitalJournal.com now allows members to join and create Groups around various subjects (technology, politics, websites -- all topics are welcome). DigitalJournal.com Groups lets users share ideas and news or events with friends and other contributors. After joining the site, users can immediately start blogging with everyone in the Group. If they start a Group on their own, they are in charge of it so they can approve new members and remove content. They can also appoint other administrators to share the leadership role. All members can subscribe to Group blog feeds and stay updated on everything that's posted.Live Events: DigitalJournal.com now displays all of the site's action right on the front page of its site in a new Live Events widget. Watch to see articles getting "upvoted," who is commenting, and what new articles have been written. It's the ultimate tool for voyeurs!Customize Everything: DigitalJournal.com got a major face lift on its front page, and it's all designed to put users in control. The front page now consists almost entirely of movable widgets. Ranging from Top News to Groups to Images to Live Events, DigitalJournal.com allows users to move any content and customize their front page.Live Weather: Readers get the most up-to-date weather information right on the front page of DigitalJournal.com, with the ability to completely customize their options. They can add up to five weather monitors from almost any city in the world.
Canal: People & Blogs
Añadido: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Autor: digitaljournal
Duración: 07:48
Puntuación: 5.00
Reproducciones: 615
Etiquetas: blogging chris citizen digitaljournal get hogg images journalism mainstream media news paid photography reporting
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ThinkMarkHD (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Very Nice!ThinkMark
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