3 talks with ITN & Sky regarding user created news clips

Link: MediaGuardian.co.uk | Broadcast | Mobile group in talks to create TV link for citizen journalists.

Citizen journalism is poised to take a great leap into the mainstream media as the mobile phone network 3 pursues talks with ITN and Sky News about feeding clips produced by its customers on to television news bulletins.

A deal would create a direct channel for anyone caught up in a big news event.

Well this is something I’ve been thinking about for some time.  This is quite interesting though:

"The onus will be on the people, such as TV companies, publishing the content to check their sources," said Mr Fuller.

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