Media News - Thursday, September 09, 2010
New network aims to quickly connect newsrooms with freelancers across the world
A global network will be launched this week designed to bridge the gap between news organisations and journalists across the world. Findstringers.com, a division of VeriCorder Technology Inc, aims to provide international newsrooms with the geographical locations and contact details of freelancers signed up to the service, to enable them to form working relationships based on demand. Founder Gary Symons, who is based in Canada, says once an agreement has been made between the journalist and the company, the click of a button will have the reporter integrated into the newsroom within five seconds. The technology at the heart of the new service is the company's MIMS (Mobile Integration Management System) Automagic software which allows companies to remotely integrate the work of any journalist who uses VeriCorder's iPhone apps into its network. Findstringers.com will be launched in a beta version later this week at the IBC show in Amsterdam. Symons said that the site will aim to fulfil a number of roles, from helping freelancers across the world find commissions, providing a marketplace for their work, connecting journalists to newsrooms while protecting secure login details and also the drawing up of contracts of agreements between both parties for added security. He said the site will be aimed at professional journalists which he hopes will be encouraged by a procedure of recommendations, ratings and subscription fees for non-affiliated freelancers. The site will be available in several languages and aims to build a network of 10,000 freelancers across the globe within the first two years. (Journalism.co.uk)
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