With the closing of SXSW Interactive an important part of the event was closed, however CNN continues the debut of its new brand of Citizen Reporting called Open Story.
CNN has five of its iReporter citizens – journalists and six creators of Vimeo videos in Austin, to create and produce content news and updates which are to be published on the new section of the CNN website in real time.
The project combines the traditional CNN information with material posted by iReport users (there are 750,000 active CNN iReporters, which often produce material before the arrival of journalists in place). Open Story helps to create a dual aspect of the information based on contribution of comments, videos, photos and other updates.
Check the beta version of the site iReport Open Story