NowPublic @ Vidfest 2008

NowPublic is in attendance at the 2008 edition of Vidfest, which runs from May 21-24, 2008, here in Vancouver. The festival kicked off at the Vancouver Art Gallery Wednesday evening with an opening gathering held in...

NowPublic in the News: Ryerson Review of Journalism

Michael Tippet (NP co-founder), Rachel Nixon (NP Global News Director), Alfred Hermida (UBC Journalism Professor), and myself (user, or citizen, or participant, or whatever you want to call me) are interviewed about...

The Journalist of the Future Is Here

What will it take to make "citizen journalists" a viable component of the global news-creating community? Will citizen journalists  figure out how to create credible, well-researched news items in a way that...

Internet users transformed into news reporters

I'm constantly amazed at the international reach of this story.   here is the Middle East Times in Egypt talking about our deal with the AP:"SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA -- As picture-taking mobile telephones...

The Crowdsourcerer: NowPublic

By JACK KAPICA Globe and Mail Update"he June issue of Wired magazine coined an interesting buzzword: "crowdsourcing." It's like outsourcing, but with a large number of unpaid or low-paid...

NowPublic NowFunded

I was the first person to blog about the launch of Michael Tippett's participatory news network, NowPublic, which marries news stories from the media and public with "crowd-sourced" media such as photos and videos.

NowPublic Closes 1.4 Million Angel Financing

It is now public..."For Immediate ReleaseThe News Really is NowPublic!NowPublic Closes 1.4 Million Angel FinancingLeading participatory news network raises one of largest angel rounds in the countryVancouver, May 31,...

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