Following the trend of the growing citizen photojournalism websites, Katharina Borchert, WAZ's new media managing director plans on launching an online pro-am photography service in which professionals and amateurs can pitch their photos to be used by WAZ and other regional media groups looking for local coverage. Other websites that work similarly are Citizenside, Demotix The Observers, and WeSay, although The Observer and WeSay function more as blogs than as an agency service.
"It's an interesting experiment and a great opportunity to tie the community closer to you paper online," said Borchert to Journalism.co.uk.
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