[Journalists] Citizen Journalists To Get Paid In Holland

[Everett Gavel]

Hello All,

I just wanted to share a news brief on a point of 
'journalism' that may catch on.  While it seems like it 
might be another avenue to earn some income from what a 
freelancer may do already, the pay is typically 
pathetic.  But what do you think of it?  Considering 
actual journalists have gone through the schooling and 
such.  Do you think this a bad trend, or a positive 
thing?  Bringing more in, getting more to pay attention 
to the world around them perhaps, but also working for 
far less than a real journalist should, I believe.  And 
if this picks up, some news sources might be fine with 
paying less to citizens than more to actual journalist 
and trained professionals.  It's already happening 
across the globe, with freelance writing opps around 
the world.  So, what do you think about the story 
below?

Thanks,
Everett
www.everettgavel.com


From: Writing World, March 6th, 2008

Citizen Journalists To Get Paid In Holland
We've all become more aware of the rising tide of 
'citizen journalism', where everyday folks gather news 
footage on their mobile phones and send it to news 
organisations or post it direct on the web, but now 
these journalists look set to get paid too. Skoeps, a 
Dutch citizen journalism site, has decided to spend the 
money it normally spends on advertising to pay 
contributors instead. Contributors to this site can 
already earn ?250 for the best photo each day, and earn 
half the fee if their work is sold to other news 
agencies, but Skoeps is hoping that by increasing the 
amount citizen journalists can earn, they will attract 
more contributors. For more information visit: 
http://tinyurl.com/2pf562