Citizen journalism blog set to start journey

Dhaka, Feb 10 (bdnews24.com) — The country is going to have the first-ever blog on citizen journalism. The site,http://blog.bdnews24.com., will be launched under the management of bdnews24.com at the Amar Ekushey Gronthomela (book fair) at 4pm on Friday. About the importance of having such a blog site, organisers said that letters have been replaced by emails, while facebook like social networking sites have become more popular and blog sites are getting livelier through information sharing. The new blog site will have the option for podcast. It will also have the technology for local websites and mobile phones. Besides, the site and international bloggers' network Global Voice will jointly present conversations from blogs and citizen media. It will also have the option to upload live audios and videos from mobile phones. Irene Sultana, sub-editor of the site, said, "The idea of citizen journalism is getting more and more popular across the world and its necessity in Bengali blog sites seems more evident." bdnews24.com is the country's first bilingual online newspaper. bdnews24.com/pb/pd/ost/2345h