- Reported by contributors like you and me
- Posted automatically by allvoices from news RSS feeds
News reported by contributors like you and me: A
person can report news on allvoices from their cell phone with SMS or
via the Web site, by clicking on "Report Your News". A news event can be
started with a title, summary, location and category. A person can
report news by uploading an image or video or just as simply as writing
an article on allvoices (but having a title and a summary too).
News automatically posted by allvoices: allvoices uses news reported by newspapers and wire services as the starting point
On allvoices.com, everyone is encouraged to participate and users
can add their voices and perspectives on existing news events too. A
contribution can be an article, a blog post, comment, video, image or Q
& A regarding a particular news event. They can also help us rate
the news event within the community.
allvoices is an open and unmediated site. Every voice (contribution)
is automatically checked for spam and relevance to the news event. A
contribution is posted as is as long as it is relevant to the news
event. The relevance is checked by our algorithms and technology - not
humans.
The whole idea behind adding a voice to an existing news event is to
get the discussion going. It can be as simple as sharing an emotion or a
comment.
The users can also share a news event with their friends and other
social media sites from the news event page, to invite others to join
the discussion!
Founded in April of 2007, allvoices was started by passionate people
who believe that everyone has a story worth telling, sharing that story
can be the first step in changing lives. allvoices redefines the voice
of people through the global community for sharing current news events
and issues from multiple points of view, providing an emotional
connection to each other’s perspectives.
At its core, allvoices is about democracy. About giving power to
people. About their voices having the effect that makes a difference.