If you watch CNN, you’ve probably seen iReports – videos submitted by users around the world about news events via the company’s citizen journalism website. The site played a key role in helping the network obtain footage during the Iran election crisis.

Now, YouTube is letting anyone launch their own iReport-type site through a program they’re calling YouTube Direct, which they describe as “a new tool that allows media organizations to request, review and rebroadcast YouTube clips directly from YouTube users.” Read the rest of this entry