As a person who has a Flickr account, thousands of people have viewed my photos since I joined the site. A few will add a comment or add a photo to their favorites and even fewer will ask me if they can use one of my photos for a website or publication. It has happened only twice before and now for a third time. The website NowPublic wanted to use a photo of U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey for a news story. Even though I never heard of the site before, it seems legitimate and I allowed my photo to appear in the news story. My photo can be found in the Michael Mukasey story here.
NowPublic is not your typical news site with professional reporters, instead it is powered by citizen reporters who provide all the content for the site. The site is part of the trend called "crowdsourcing", utilizing the power of the masses to provide news content.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
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