Nothing is as interesting as capturing live events and transmitting such on a media streaming platform like ireport and the likes. No information is lost and almost everyone is a journalist because its all about the breaking news. Citizen journalists can now interact with CNN’s newsroom directly from a Google Glass app. Despite a low number of Glass owners, there is method to the apparent madness. CNN iReport editor Katie Hawkins-Gaar explained the project was designed to expand its access to citizen journalists who submit stories, photos and videos on the ground.
The iReport page is a flashy take on homegrown tales, and operates a bit like blogging site Medium. The content is monitored, though, so you won’t be able to get the “open season on anything people want to discuss” topics. For a forum that’s supposed to be giving a first-person perspective of life, there may be no better medium than Glass. People out and about have been able to post to CNN iReport from their desktop or mobile apps to date, so it’s not a huge stretch to allow Glass. For all that Glass is capable of, capturing first-person perspective is one of the more impressive aspects. People can now claim they are journalist while avoiding the issues of video-ing people directly.
CNN has become the first major U.S. news outlet to embrace wearable technology as a means to gather reports from citizen journalists around the country and the world. If you’re interested in joining up, you’ll have to authorize CNN to send notifications to Glass and link up an iReport profile in the settings. When you’ve completed those steps, the appropriate avenue for beaming captured media to the newsroom will appear as a sharing option for photos and videos. Folks have already opted in, as the first mobile coverage (relating to gas prices in Miami) can be seen here.
