Hopenhagen.org and HuffPost Green are teaming up for a citizen journalism contest that will give one lucky journalist the chance at becoming the voice of Hopenhagen representing the people to the media throughout the week.

Hopenhagen.org believes that by bringing every person, city and nation together that we can help push the fate of the planet down a positive path by encouraging political leaders that reaching an agreement that would limit how much carbon emissions each country would be allowed to produce. (more…)

YouTube is proving its worth to media organizations through a new tool that will make it easier for video user-generated content (UGC) to be submitted and aggregated for online news sources.

Citizen journalism is quickly becoming a must have for many news sources and YouTube Direct is the latest tool to help news organizations expand their coverage and connect with their audiences. Providing a community format for reporting the news has already made headlines throughout such global events as the Obama election and in Iran this past year. (more…)