"Citizen Correspondence" - KUAM's new UGC initiative

It's been a pretty crazy week development-wise here at Camp Happy. After furiously hacking all weekend, we launched Guam's first-ever user-generated content initiative, "Citizen Correspondence". It's our means to motivate the community to embrace citizen reporting, and short of giving out gear, we're providing all the technical facilities would-be newshounds need to get their stuff out to and considered by the public.

Here's our spot:



Josie also gave us some street cred, noting that inexorably at some point an event is going to happen that needs documenting, and the mainstream media may not always be there to catch on the spot. This is the point: the average Joe/Jane deserves to have their thoughts, voice opinions heard through a well-respected theater. Empowering people with the storage and venue to exhibit their work is critical to making this work.

As we get submissions, they'll be available in an online gallery, and there's a TV segment we'll feature each week, too. At the risk of tooting my own horn, it's freakin' cool.

Who knows? We may discover the next Marie Digby (remember this?). In addition to spot news, I'm hoping we'll get some creative pieces, too.

More to come...stay tuned!