Monday, February 11, 2008

WHAT IF THERE WAS AN eBAY FOR NEWS?

Imagine a place where journalists could pitch stories as soon as they hit 'save.' Where editors could snap them up just as quickly for printing in tomorrow's paper. Imagine a reporting network built on trust, where both editors and journalists could accrete bodies of work tagged with endorsements and feedback. Is an eBay of news viable? And ultimately, will it deliver news to readers more quickly and more cheaply?

A pair of young entrepreneurs -- she's a graduating Berkeley journalism school student and he's a former engineer for Amazon -- have combined expertises to create one such vehicle: Reporterist.com.
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1 comment:

asxetosx said...

Παλιο ήδη στην Ελλάδα υπάρχει κάτι τέτοι εδώ και ένα περίπου χρόνο , δές onlinereporter.gr αν και δέν φαίνεται να πήγε και πολύ καλά