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Why user-generated video can maintain true crimes momentum

Factual or ‘true’ crime is one of the most popular genres on TV right now.   In 2021, the...

35 biggest events to help you plan your next show

Life, with all its colour and craziness, sights and sounds, triumphs, and tragedies, is a spectacle...

Terror attack anniversaries: how is it possible for producers to offer a new perspective of these tragedies?

The London terrorist attack of 7th July 2005 was a watershed moment for user-generated video (UGV)....

World Earth Day: user-generated video’s simple, yet effective power, to capture the moments that drive change

“Every moment is an organising opportunity, every person is a potential activist, every minute is a...

Celebrating National Pet Month – Newsflare explores why the world loves pet videos

Today is the start of National Pet Month, a celebration of the benefits that pets bring to...

War on Ukraine: How user-generated video is helping media professionals distinguish the truth from misinformation and propaganda

Since Russia mounted its unprovoked act of aggression against Ukraine on 24th February, the...

Meet Oliya Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY)  - documenting, observing, and presenting to the world the raw and unfiltered reality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

A Newsflare member since 2018, Oliya is an independent journalist based in New York.  Oliya is...

Looking back on productions big pivot to user-generated video two years after the world shut down

It's been almost 2 years since the coronavirus spread across the world. The rapid transmissions of...

Russia's assault on Ukraine begins

Newsflare members capture the military and human angles of this developing story. Explosions and...

Future of TV: What will be the impact of the creator economy on production in 2022?

It used to be the case that production teams were responsible for everything we watched on...