YouTube Direct is a new service that brings together citizen journalists and professional news organizations. If you witness something newsworthy, upload your videos to YouTube Direct, where they will be reviewed by professional journalists looking for footage. Already, ABC News, the Huffington Post, NPR, Politico, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post, and others are using YouTube Direct videos as part of their newscasts.
This is just one of many places you can contribute your videos of current events. CNN's iReport, ABC News' i-Caught, and the BBC's Your News all feature user-generated videos uploaded by citizen journalists. And if you're a dedicated citizen journalist, you can set up your own community jornalism video blog to feature your videos.