# Collaborative Journalism Platforms Montage Crowdsources War Reporting with Activist Footage By Alyson Wyers | Published 2016-04-29 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/war-reporting References: [psfk](http://www.psfk.com/2016/04/google-is-helping-journalists-crowdsource-war-reporting.html) & [montage.storyful](https://montage.storyful.com/welcome) A collaborative effort between a social media news aggregator and a tech incubator resulted in a [crowdsourcing endeavor to aid journalists](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/noosphere) with war reporting. Storyful and Jigsaw (formerly [Google](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/longform-video) Ideas) partnered to launch Montage -- a platform that "facilitates the process of building projects using the eyewitness accounts from across the globe, helping to tap into the power of activist footage." Montage improves war reporting with a video library where reporters and human rights organizations can, in real time, annotate, archive and geo-tag videos. This encourages increased collaboration between team members and easily includes translators and experts. Videos are represented as pins on a map, which helps war correspondents to visualize issues and even realize patterns occurring. Therefore, users can more readily analyze, curate, find and share relevant [YouTube](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flipboard-surf) videos. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.6/10 - Popularity: 48% | Activity: 21% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Photography](https://www.trendhunter.com/photography) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Crowdsourced Journalism:** Platforms that enable crowdsourcing journalism and other mediums of content can challenge traditional media channels. - **Collaborative Video Curation:** Video curation tools that permit crowdsourced annotations, archiving and geo-tagging like Montage can foster an inclusive and shared experience. - **Activist Footage Integration:** Platforms that integrate activist footage in war reporting like Montage can provide human rights organizations with new ways of raising awareness and accountability. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Journalism:** Crowdsourcing tools and platforms that transform traditional journalism models can engender deeper civic engagement and challenge the democratic function of journalism. - **Human Rights:** Access to visual evidence can become more democratic with the integration of emerging technologies that enable the creation of bottom-up archives such as Montage. - **Tech Incubation:** Tech incubators can foster innovation by fostering collaboration between technology and media and incentivizing startups to find innovative solutions to traditional problems. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Collaborative Storytelling Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/story-patch.md) - [Interactive News Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/newsflask1.md) - [Visually Immersive Global News](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/newsflask.md) - [Video Annotation Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/maltax.md) - [Cross-Platform Aggregator Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flipboard-surf.md) - [Collaborative Document Sharing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/collaborative-document.md) - [Creative Professional Productivity Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/streamwork.md) - [Visual Journey Mapping](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travel-map-video.md) - [Collaborative Insights Sharing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/collabwriting.md)