Citizen Journalism

Crowd Sourced Real Time News

Encourage viewers, readers and fans to participate in telling the story. Our solution allow you to capture, moderate and publish user generated news from multiple devies to multiples devices. Our clients tell us we are best of breed.

Advanced registration and login

Offer progressive levels of access and registration, from open access to simple registration, to fully customizable registration questions and fields. Collect the specific information needed to accompany the story or content. Offer registration through open registration formats such as Facebook Connect.

Maximize newsgathering resources

Empower journalists and the public to collect and submit stories from any mobile device. Leverage and syndicate content across multiple media platforms including web, broadcast, mobile and print.

Simple multimedia submission

Display exciting content by enabling visitors to upload images, video, audio and text files individually or together. Accept content from numerous platforms such as mobile, email, webcam and file upload to maximize citizen journalist engagement and participation. Users do not need to worry about file formats, or media types. Include geographic data from GPS enabled devices or user tagged maps.

Engaging home page layout and content

Feature news and stories and include galleries such as Editorial content, most read, most recent and most commented content. Include content categories (e.g. region, topic, etc.), tags, groups and events.

Advanced moderation and control

Moderate content and comments either before or after upload to ensure fast approval and display, while screening for terms of use violations. Use user profile information to follow-up and fact check stories and news.

Robust media pages

Mix images, video, audio and text content. Track and display a variety of social metrics including map location, views, rating, votes and comments. Extend content with share buttons, embed codes and viral widgets. Include commercial and user generated content. Showcase media and users via geo-mapping to create an engaging, comprehensive online news experience.

Engaging, customizable templates

Implement specific designs quickly and easily using our sprite-based creative packs (including sprite and logo PSD templates). Or, utilize the advanced editing option to fully customize the design to meet your campaign or branding objectives (includes access to all HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding). Brand citizen journalism for specific global or local sites (e.g. regions or affiliates) all from one application.

Extend content to public social networks

Share content on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as third-party blogs to boost awareness and brand reach. Extend stories and content to Facebook fan pages or ad units to drive traffic and awareness.

Advanced registration and login

Offer progressive levels of access and registration, from open access to simple registration, to fully customizable registration questions and fields. Collect the specific information needed to accompany the story or content. Offer registration through open registration formats such as Facebook Connect.