Could You Be The Next Dan Rather? Find Out With YouTube's Citizens News Project

By 5 p.m. newspapers are given away on every street corner in New York City. Why? Because it was published earlier that morning- it's OLD NEWS.
The Internet gives us minute-by-minute updates, texters send us alerts, and bloggers post all day long.

People want the news and they want it now. They can't wait for experienced journalists to show up on the scene, go through hair and makeup, and edit the footage into a nice polite package. We want the real deal; the raw, unadulterated news of what's really going on. That's where YouTube's new brain child Citizen News comes in. 

The idea is this: with cheaper, more accessible video equipment, people from around the world can report on what's going in their neighborhood. These people need to make a video, upload it to the computer, and post it online. Well, I like the idea of all different types of people broadcasting from across the world on YouTube's Citizen News. But what about getting my news NOW? That's where Flixwagon comes in.

Give these people affordable Flixwagon capable cell phones that can broadcast LIVE real-time video and then I'll be happy. Arm someone in Sudan with a Flixwagon so I can tune in on the latest news from Sudan in real-time on the Internet. Or maybe give it to someone broadcasting live from their college, or at a concert, or a basketball game, or a demonstration...

You can't get more recent than that.