A pair of young entreprenuers, Sindya Bhanoo, a Berkley student and Hemant, a former engineer for Amazon have combined expertises to form a website where editors and journalists could trade stories.
The new website, Reporterist.com is a news exchange where freelancers and editors can connect. " I saw a gap in the freelancing industry -- the process of pitching an article and getting it published had holes in it. It seemed like with today's technology it could be done in a more streamlined fashion," Bhanoo said.
The first time the website was used was in Berkley's Graduate School of Journalism. The faculty and students were in need of such a program, because there was a lot time between professors contacting editors, trying to refer work for a student. It is a quicker way for a professor to pitch a students story to an editor.
Reporterist.com works as a tool for journalists to pitch their stories to certain editors. The editors have the choice whether to buy and use their story. The pay is instant and not like the old fashion way style of waiting for a check to be cut.
The website is open to the public and some editors are using it. "Our larger vision is that it's the next generation wire service, like an AP or a Reuters. The public wants high quality, relevant news. As the industry's cutting back, a lot of regions are under-covered. Our vision is to be a wire service for local, topical news," Bahnoo said.
I believe that this is the future in reporting. With newspaper cut backs, this type of reporting is way to get the stories faster and more current. Finally, someone came up with an alternative for writers, freelancers, journalists, and editors everywhere.
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This is such an exciting time to be entering into the media. What an ingenious idea. I, too, think this will be a wonderful way to help get quicker coverage on broader scale. I also hope this will help out with the future of the newspaper industry. It seems like a great way to jump-start a career in journalism. If one editor doesn't like it, just present it to the next one, but in cyber-time. It truly is a thrilling time to get involved with journalism.
The Internet just keeps getting better from the sounds of it. I might be wrong, but I think that this fall underneath "media convergence". If so reportist.com may be a sign of things to come allowing a better open market for free lance work. The Unviserity of Berkley seems to be in-step with the newest trends in journalism which makes them worth watching in the future. Horray for the Internet and this Guy!
This sounds like another progressive step in the non stop new era of the media, the Internet. Constantly it changes and progresses our lives into the future making things faster, easier, and paperless. I believe this will help writers and reporters alike to get their sources faster and easier. I wonder what shall be next.
I think this is such a great idea. Like Jan said, if one editor doesn't like it, you don't have to waste time trying to get it to the next one. The instant pay is also great for the writers so they will no longer have to wait around to get paid for their work.
This new website seems really beneficial to everyone. I think anything that helps journalists are great. This should really help them and hopefully keep newspapers in buisness. This is exciting and a great move for writers.
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