At The-Latest citizen journalism is at the heart of the website. What we want to hear about are the issues that matter to you. The part our members play in making the news is paramount.
Whether it is breaking news, a feature, or a blog http://www.the-latest.com/how-to-blog, your contribution makes all the difference.
Have you seen or been involved in a news event?
Is something significant, bizarre or unusual happening where you live?
Have you got a story to tell or is there something you think we should follow up?
You might be a whistle-blower with vital information the public has a right to know about. Or, you can uncover facts the authorities are keeping secret using freedom of information law: http://www.the-latest.com/freedom-of-information-advice
Email your story, pictures, video or audio to us at newsdesk@the-latest.com
Or, click on the 'Publish an Article' tab at the top right of this page. It you're unsure how to upload or re-size a pic then use our FAQs in the left hand column of the front page to solve the problem. Here 's some good advice which will help you as a citizen journalist: http://www.the-latest.com/how-to-get-stories
If you have an idea for a debate, or any suggestions about how we can improve the website please send them to feedback@the-latest.com
Organisations like Sky, the BBC, other broadcasters and much of the press, pretend to be friends of citizen journalism. But they won't pay you for what you give them. At The-Latest, despite limited resources, we have already handed out cheques to winners of our writing competitions. We've got plans to do the same for pics.
The-Latest will make sure you get good money for stories, pics, audio and video if we are able to sell them on to news media with cash to spend.
Thomas L. Blair is a sociologist and political blogger on the Chronicleworld 'for creative renewal in Black Britain and Afro-Europe'. His work is honoured in the British Library's archive of "social, historic and culturally significant web-based material from the UK domain". He won top prize in the blogging competition on The-Latest.
Sumantra Maitra is a freelance journalist from Mumbai, India. He is a correspondent for All Sports magazine, and a foreign affairs blogger for the Washington Examiner. He has written articles for news website Merinews.com and other regional publications. Sumantra runs a blog at DailyWorldWatch.wordpress.com. He provided exclusive eyewitness reports for The-Latest on the Mumbai bombings of 2008.
Brian Usher is photography consultant for The-Latest.Com. He is a highly experienced editorial and commercial photographer whose work has been published throughout the world, appearing in many well known magazines and newspapers. Brian has featured in several books and has been a writer for the Royal Photographic Society magazine.
Heidi Kingstone has spent time in Afghanistan reporting for a number of publications. Her work has appeared in the Financial Times, The Spectator, The Sunday Times and other international journals. She has also reported from places like Iraq, Rwanda, Lebanon, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kenya. Heidi is The-Latest's Editor at large.
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