subscribe to RSS feedMobile Users Can View and Discuss Video, Picture and Text Updates From Citizen Journalist Zannelers for Tonight’s Presidential Debate and Beyond.
Zannel, the instant media network used by millions to share pictures, videos and text from a mobile phone or the web, today announced that anyone can engage in the conversation on its online forums PoliticsBlue (www.zannel.com/politicsblue) and PoliticsRed (www.zannel.com/politicsred), which are dedicated to a lively political discourse on the upcoming presidential election. Those who choose to “follow” PoliticsBlue or PoliticsRed will receive real-time alerts as Zannel’s citizen journalists post new video, images or text to the channels.
This is the first presidential election where the mainstream press has been joined by an army of self-starting bloggers, videographers, tweeters and new media activists who have enlisted the mobile phone as the tool to quickly capture photos, short videos clips and text commentary and then instantly communicate their message to audiences in real-time.
Zannel’s unique technology allows people to post multimedia content from anywhere, which is then available on over 800 handsets models across all the major carriers. This gives citizen journalists covering the election on behalf of the Zannel’s PoliticsBlue and PoliticsRed channels unprecedented reach and the ability to better engage audiences in a real-time dialogue.
The Zannel community has bloggers and other accredited individuals recording various aspects of the presidential race, including backstage access into each candidate’s campaign and local voter opinion on all of the latest controversies. Some of these Zannelers were on the floor of the Democratic National Convention recording impromptu interviews such as this one with Gov. Howard Dean .
“Citizen journalists are becoming an important part of the discourse around this presidential election by offering diverse election content that better informs voters on the candidates, their stances, records and even their specific words,” said Adam Zbar, CEO of Zannel. “The ability to send videos and images in real time from a mobile phone allows Zannelers to communicate in a very powerful way to their friends or community. In politics, as in life, images and video are infinitely more powerful than text alone.”
Anyone interested in joining the conversation on Zannel can text DEM to 58888 or REP to 58888 to sign up to these Zannel channels.
About Zannel
Zannel makes the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Network™, which allows people to instantly and visually communicate what’s happening now across mobile and the web, including all major social networks. Zannel won a Webby for Best Mobile Social Network in 2008, serves million of unique visitors per month, has over 50 partnerships with leading operators, media companies, and brands. Founded by the team that built the first large-scale mobile media storefronts in the US, Zannel combines the best of mobile messaging, media sharing, and social networking into an intuitive, compelling user experience. Located in San Francisco, Zannel is backed by USVP, Alloy, and Palomar Ventures.
