PROVING that citizen journalism is coming of age, NowPublic has received a major boost — namely $10.6 million in financing.

Here’s an excerpt from the Agence France-Presse article.

The financing is led by Rho Ventures in the United States and Canada.

Uses for the money will include ways to reward people that upload stories or images, and developing a system to “geo-locate” contributors so they can be found if they are in range of developments deemed newsworthy.

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