Veracifier’s new partners: The Uptake.org
By Tim.[originally posted by Marc Boxser on the Veracifier blog]
We at Veracifier.com are excited to announce that we are launching a strategic partnership with TheUpTake.org to recruit, train, and showcase independent video journalists from around the country during the 2008 election year.
Community driven journalism, whether through tips, comments or independent reports, has always been a permanent part of Veracifier’s programming. This will increase during the 2008 season, as its independent Ground Hounds will be on the ground at political events, giving individual reports on the local unique angles that are often lost in the spectacle of an election year. And we want all of you join us!
In our first episode, Ground Hound Teresa Marshall shows us the devastation created by the neo-liberal agenda, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, featuring analysis by author Naomi Klein (”The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism”) and returning New Orleans residents.
The UpTake is a nonprofit media startup created by a diverse team of Minnesota-based political, business and media activists, including leading video blogger Chuck Olsen. The UpTake blurs the line between citizen and traditional journalism by training citizen correspondents in the practice and principles journalism, sharing editorial responsibility with the public through an evolving interactive editorial calendar, then publishing a product that meets standards of fairness and accuracy. Correspondents that consistently produce the most compelling stories will become Veracifier’s Ground Hounds.
The UpTake will focus specifically on the 2008 elections, including the RNC in Minnesota and the DNC in Colorado.
Ground Hounds’ video reports will run every week on the Veracifier network. ‘Hounds’ will have profile pages where people can follow their personal blogs and videos. Veracifier and Next New Networks will work with The UpTake to harness its array of talented network producers and stars to support training sessions for aspiring independent journalists. With a little help, anyone can commit an act of journalism.
In 2008 no political event will be complete without a Ground Hound covering it with their own unique voice.
December 15th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
i love this partnership. i see many great things developing from this! ‘08 will be a great year to have journalists on the ground across the country.