A piece on J-Source lays into NowPublic for reproducing content from mainstream media. Enticingly titled, The Revolution will be Plagarised, it argues that the citizens are failing us at NowPublic. As of 2 p.m., Sept. 11, nearly 60 per cent of the stories in the citizen-journalism site’s Canadian Election section consist of quoted material from other, largely traditional media outlets. The problem with this article is that it misunderstands what

Vancouver-based participatory news site NowPublic.com has bought up Truemors, a rumor site launched by Guy Kawasaki in May 2007. According to CEO Len Brody, NowPublic will mesh Truemors content into its website: Truemorists are digging in the four corners of the web for the status of the rumor mill at any moment. It will drive leads to our members for stories going on around the world and give our readers

The Vancouver-based participatory news service, NowPublic.com, has been getting a lot of media attention in Canada this past week. It is mentioned in an article on the Canwest News Service on the protests over Tibet. Co-founder Len Brody set out his goals for the site: Our job is to own the space and time between when an event happens and when it gets uploaded to the web and be at

CBC held a debate on the future of the future of news, ahead of the ONA conference in Toronto. This clip from NowPublic.com’s Len Brody gives a flavour of the discussion: The sound quality could be better. It was shot on a Nokia N95 and I was a few rows back from the podium