Max Gladwell

YouTube joins CNN and CurrenTV in delivering citizen news

YouTube’s new CitizenNews is all about giving voice to everyday newsmakers across the globe. The channel moderator, Olivia, explains that “The CitizenNews channel is where we’ll be highlighting some of the best news content on YouTube. If you see examples of great journalism and reporting being done by your fellow YouTubers, let me know! Email me at CitizenNews@youtube.com and share your thoughts, suggestions, and feedback for how you envision news on YouTube.”

Of course, you can view Olivia’s video version of this after the jump.

CitizenNews follows in the footsteps of the user-generated news model of CurrenTV, which was co-founded by Al Gore and also has an actual cable channel, as well as CNN’s iReport.com. 

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