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| Newsmodo website launches to help journalists sell work worldwide | Newsmodo website launches to help journalists sell work worldwide |
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| Newsmodo, a new website which lets the growing number of freelance journalists and photographers sell directly to media organisations around the world, has been launched in Britain with the backing of one of Australia's wealthiest tech entrepreneurs. | Newsmodo, a new website which lets the growing number of freelance journalists and photographers sell directly to media organisations around the world, has been launched in Britain with the backing of one of Australia's wealthiest tech entrepreneurs. |
| Larry Kestelman, who scooped up around £100m from the sale of his telecoms company, Dodo, in March is aiming for Newsmodo to leverage the growing number of media outlets that need professional content. | Larry Kestelman, who scooped up around £100m from the sale of his telecoms company, Dodo, in March is aiming for Newsmodo to leverage the growing number of media outlets that need professional content. |
| The website is the brainchild of Rakhal Ebeli, a former journalist with Australian broadcaster Channel Ten, who has spent the past nine months developing Newsmodo. | The website is the brainchild of Rakhal Ebeli, a former journalist with Australian broadcaster Channel Ten, who has spent the past nine months developing Newsmodo. |
| Ebeli had attracted up to 4,000 contributors and about 75 media organisations for the beta version of the site, and has had talks with ITV, the BBC and newspaper groups in Britain about joining the list of buy-side clients. | Ebeli had attracted up to 4,000 contributors and about 75 media organisations for the beta version of the site, and has had talks with ITV, the BBC and newspaper groups in Britain about joining the list of buy-side clients. |
| "With so many job losses, there is an enormous number of really experienced professionals out there," he said. | "With so many job losses, there is an enormous number of really experienced professionals out there," he said. |
| Authors set their own price for images, video and stories that can be uploaded and stored on Newsmodo via an app or the website. Buyers can take the product as advertised or commission their own assignments. | Authors set their own price for images, video and stories that can be uploaded and stored on Newsmodo via an app or the website. Buyers can take the product as advertised or commission their own assignments. |
| "Newsrooms can set assignments to get targeted coverage of events anywhere in the world. By setting an assignment they can have professionals gather the news they need, without travel costs, fast and obviously cost effectively," said Ebeli. | "Newsrooms can set assignments to get targeted coverage of events anywhere in the world. By setting an assignment they can have professionals gather the news they need, without travel costs, fast and obviously cost effectively," said Ebeli. |
| Ebeli came up with the idea three years ago as a reporter when he became frustrated with the lack of facilities to upload video or stills of stories he was covering straight to his newsdesk. With the boom in demand for user-generated content, he developed a citizen journalism app, but Newsmodo's focus is professional journalists. | Ebeli came up with the idea three years ago as a reporter when he became frustrated with the lack of facilities to upload video or stills of stories he was covering straight to his newsdesk. With the boom in demand for user-generated content, he developed a citizen journalism app, but Newsmodo's focus is professional journalists. |
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