“User generated content” is now firmly established as a central part of the newsgathering process. News breaks, and rumours spread, at the speed of Twitter. Social media is increasingly becoming...
Adam Baker
Adam Baker is a serial entrepreneur, having founded three internet businesses since 1999. Although not a journalist, Adam is deeply interested in current affairs and passionate about bringing unreported footage from news events around the world to mainstream attention.
His latest company Blottr is changing the way news is gathered and reported globally by enabling anyone to capture and report news they witness directly from the scene. In November 2012 Blottr launched NewsPoint, a platform to syndicate its content to other news organisations to access, download and use.
There is intense pressure for journalists and editors to produce lots and lots of content these days. But, frankly, much of that content is dull and terrible. There's a lot of noise, and not much me...
Future12: your idea in 12 minutes This year the festival inaugurates a session dedicated to start-ups. Future12 is an opportunity to present new projects in the fields of social media, digital new...