YouTube Launches Citizen Journalism Channel

READWRITE WEB -- May 20 -- YouTube's recently hired News Manager who is going to be in charge of a new Channel on YouTube called Citizen News. This channel will highlight the best of the citizen journalism that's taking place on YouTube, but its ultimate goal is to become a go-to news destination on the web. In February, CNN launched user-gen citizen news site i-Report, which was originally just a feature of the CNN web site. The new site, which looks and feels a lot like YouTube, offers many similar features like the ability to rate and discuss videos and embed them elsewhere. Yahoo and Reuters teamed up on You Witness News, BBC has Your News, and MSNBC has a section of their site that features citizen journalism, as well. MSNBC also owns citizen journalism site Newsvine, too. FULL ARTICLE @ READWRITE WEB