First Swiss citizen journalism platform launched
The Zurich-based web agency Idealizer has launched the social media news platform Blognews.ch. The aim is to kick off the democratization of news under the banner of «citizen journalism.».
The Zurich-based web agency Idealizer launched the social media news platform Blognews.ch to mark Friday's "IT Day". This marks the beginning of the democratization of news under the heading of "Citizen Journalism", writes Idealizer in a press release.
Swiss Internet users can submit news items to blognews.ch, rate them and other texts by voting and recommend them to other users. After reaching a certain number of votes, the messages become "popular news" and appear directly on the homepage. This means that the content of the news portal is controlled and monitored directly by the users.
"With Blognews.ch, we are creating the first genuine citizen journalism platform for Switzerland in which anyone interested can participate directly," explains Patrick C. Price, Managing Director of Idealizer. In the USA, numerous websites already achieve more traffic via social media websites than via conventional search engines, according to the Idealizer press release. However, Blognews.ch is currently still in beta status.
Swiss Internet users can submit news items to blognews.ch, rate them and other texts by voting and recommend them to other users. After reaching a certain number of votes, the messages become "popular news" and appear directly on the homepage. This means that the content of the news portal is controlled and monitored directly by the users.
"With Blognews.ch, we are creating the first genuine citizen journalism platform for Switzerland in which anyone interested can participate directly," explains Patrick C. Price, Managing Director of Idealizer. In the USA, numerous websites already achieve more traffic via social media websites than via conventional search engines, according to the Idealizer press release. However, Blognews.ch is currently still in beta status.
