Flickr: www.flickr.com
Why:
In all of our research, we found that if there's one thing that readers of rural newspapers love to contribute, and editors of rural newspapers love to publish, it's photos.
But, the bandwidth alone a paper would need to host contributed photos online would be enough to run you into the ground, let alone the development costs of setting up an uploader or organizer for those photos. Don't reinvent the wheel, just use a well-made one instead.
There are a lot of photo sharing sites out there, but in our research, the original, Flickr, still was the easiest to use, the best for establishing a sense of "community" within the program and the easiest to integrate directly into your site with quick and easy API.
How:
Alison Smith walks you through how to use Flickr and how to use it for your paper here:
How to Use Flickr from Rural News on Vimeo.
Once you've established your Flickr group and get the contributions rolling in, here's an easy way to integrate it with your site:
How to Create a Flickr Badge from Rural News on Vimeo.
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