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OhmyNews.com is a South Korean online newspaper with the motto "Every Citizen is a Reporter". It was founded by Oh Yeon-ho on February 22, 2000. It is the first of its kind in the world to accept, edit and publish articles from its readers, in an open source of news reporting. About 20% of the site's content is written by the 41-person staff while the majority of articles are written by other freelance contributors who are mostly ordinary citizens.


OhmyNews was influential in determining the outcome of the South Korean presidential elections in December 2002 with the election of Roh Moo Hyun. Roh granted his first interview after being elected to OhmyNews.


The OhmyNews International page features "citizen reporter" articles written in English from all over the globe.


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OhmyNews - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (219 words)
About 20% of the site's content is written by the 55-person staff while the majority of articles are written by other freelance contributors who are mostly ordinary citizens.
OhmyNews was influential in determining the outcome of the South Korean presidential elections in December 2002 with the election of Roh Moo Hyun.
A similar open source perspective on news reporting has been explored by Wikinews, with the added distinction that any user can edit articles at any time, rather than having to submit articles to be vetted by paid staff.
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