Netzeitung is looking for 20 million editors

An independent citizen journalism project of Netzeitung is to be officially launched online at the end of May. The concept is simple: anyone can and may write for the "Readers Edition". "We expect reports, articles, news, photos from all countries and on all topics. Anyone who knows more than we do should publish. Editors-in-chief and department heads are elected by the people," reads the description of the project. The contributions will first be viewed by volunteer moderators and only then published. The service is rounded off by a points system and comment functions. However, as the industry service Kress writes, the project is a bold undertaking. Large-scale projects such as "Opinio" from the "Rheinische Post" have already shown that it is difficult to get enough good content produced by users. Even "germanblogs" from Holtzbrinck could not manage without professional bloggers in the start-up phase.