These days, you don’t just read the news: you make it, contribute to it, and share it. That’s the idea behind GuardianWitness, the Guardian newspaper’s user-generated content platform, which launched in conjunction with EE, the UK-based communications company._Available both as mobile apps and as a desktop site, the program lets readers share original videos, photos, and stories with the paper to encourage open and collaborative journalism. Entries span the range of art, journalism, human interest stories and, of course, pet pictures. Tony Luck and George Tymvios (co-directors) via GuardianWitness. Commemorating its first year, GuardianWitness Thursday announced the winners of its...

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