A British online video-sharing and blogging firm WinkBall has recruited citizen journalists to create online news content. The first assignment: interview and collect street level public opinion video at UK’s Conservative Party conference. The party conference was held last week in Manchester to see what effect Conservative party leader David Cameron’s speech had on the public and it’s conservative delegates.
Citizen reporters were asked members of the public for their views on the party and post the responses to a video wall section on the WinkBall site. Its a fantastic idea. As for the question of remuneration, WinkBall has hired these street reporters for £14/hr to interview and shoot their brand of ‘citizen video journalism’.
