Demotix and FT launch citizen journalism photo contest

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There used to be something here that couldn't be migrated - please contact us at info@journalism.co.uk if you'd like to see this updated! Demotix , the pro-am news video and image website, has teamed up with the Financial Times to launch a new competition for photographers.

The aim of the contest is to capture the global economic crisis from a street level, a release from the recently relaunched website said.

Participants should upload their images to the Demotix site under the tag 'Crunch09' before February 13.

The winning photo, as selected by a panel of FT bloggers, including John Mauldin and Barry Ritholz, will be published on the FT's Alphaville blog .

"Alongside the Great Depression, the global financial crisis will be remembered for generations to come as a defining worldwide phenomenon. We at Demotix want to encourage citizen photojournalists to capture the fallout around them, harnessing the power of the internet and our online community to share this moment in time across the globe," said Turi Munthe, Demotix CEO and founder, in the release.

By uploading their images to the site, competitors will also have the chance to sell their work to news organisations that partner Demotix, and receive back 50 per cent of the sale price.

"We want to bring professionals back in and broker deals for their images all over the world. Professionals will lead Demotix; they will lead the aspirations of all our street journalists," said Munthe in an interview with Journalism.co.uk last September .

"By creating a website that everyone can access in many ways we give a megaphone to the person on the street where ever they are. Demotix sees itself as standing on the lines of free speech."