A platform to sell your content -- whether you produce text, stills, video or audio.
A platform that gives you instant access to tonnes of content from across the globe.
A platform that gives you the freedom to set the price for the content you create.
A platform that provides content that has been assessed and graded by senior journalists.
A platform that lands your content in the in-boxes of media houses globally.
A platform that allows you to commission stories from text and A/V journalists worldwide.
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JOURNALISTS
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The concept and structure behind 5WH is vital in this time of mass layoffs by news organizations. Talented freelance journalists -- and there are many more of them -- will now have a centralized platform to pitch their stories to media outlets. Upending the old model, these freelances can set their own fees. Meanwhile, media outlets will have access to a vast new world of content. By working together, the writers and publishers can improve journalism on a global scale, bringing in new voices and covering more topics.
I think the “newsroom” — in 10 years — will be wherever reporters, writers, and editors have access to a computer and a phone. ..... It would not shock me if our industry went fully remote within the next decade.
The rapid transformation of the industry really created hurdles, but also opportunities.
To some degree, everyone is a freelancer because the big media companies have gotten smaller as people have begun to learn more skills and sell their work to a lot of the media companies. That’s been one of the major shifts. Also the major shift has been in digital communication, and so people have more opportunity to create their own work.
A platform that could connect reporters and media houses in such a way that both can be sure they will get what they were promised and where both could contribute to make the story happen will help many independent journalists and bring many untold stories to life.
The perils of working as a freelance journalist in south-Sudan are many. Even holding a camera can put ones life in danger. Which is why most journalists seek to self-censor.
A win-win situation can be created. In the next five-ten years, the platforms that will survive are those that don't just commodify news...that are able to innovate, that are able to think out of the box.
Newsletters to Journalists and Media Houses