Korean 'citizen journalism' site faces challenges

At OhmyNews' office, which occupies two floors of a small building in downtown Seoul, 65 professional editors, reporters and video journalists vet hundreds of stories submitted daily by the 43,000 citizen journalists in South Korea.

About a third are spiked -- because of unverified facts, inappropriate topics or hints of slander. Rejected stories get a second chance if the writers agree to take a writing clinic and learn how to rework a story.

"We try to give preference to a new name if there are multiple articles on the same subject, so that people get the chance to hear many different new voices," said Lee Han Ki, the site's managing editor.