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| A screenshot of the Star Reports |
Kenya’s fastest growing national newspaper, The Star has
launched the first Citizen Journalism mobile application in Kenya, similar to
CNN’s iReport.
The new android-based app dubbed ‘Star Reports’ will allow Smartphone
users capture news through pictures, videos, and audio-recordings before transmitting
them to the mainstream media.
Dickens Olewe, Star Reports
Project Leader explained, “Star Reports is our answer to the question of
whether collaboration between traditional media and citizens is possible. In a
three step process the user can sign up, create, and share their story.”
About The App
Star Reports is a project that was
initiated last year with a grant from the World Association of Newspapers
through the Mobile News in Africa Project to implement a citizen journalism
mobile application project.
The App Description
Star Reports is an open platform that
allows citizens to report/create and share news and events in real time from
their mobile devices.
Star Reports
enables citizens take pictures and type short stories on their mobile devices.
Stories will be transmitted from the mobile devices to a centralized content
management system for processing by journalists and editors and dissemination
to other citizens.
The newspaper has also disclosed that the app will be available
in other platforms such as IOS and Symbian in the subsequent release of other
versions.
The Android app can be downloaded free from Google Play Store.
“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good
news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you
can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” – Anne
Frank
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