The Essentials page brings you critical information and journalism resources from across the web and news space to help you produce the best citizen journalism or photojournalism out there.

We will walk you through what we at Demotix, and the mainstream media, most value in citizen journalism. What counts as a news event? What is a Feature? What is Documentary Photojournalism? This is also where you'll find a variety of journalism resources on how to stay safe.

REMEMBER

You must make sure your work is:

Original

Accurate

Creating your story

What is news?

What we at Demotix most value in citizen journalism? Find out here. Read more

Get the basics right

There is some essential criteria that every story on Demotix must fulfil before we can publish. Read more

Describing and tagging

Your imagery will never be seen if it is not tagged and described well - but its easy to get right. Read more

Maximize your chances

If you want to maximize your story's chances, there are a few more things to consider. Read more

STREET-JOURNALISM

Staying safe

The privacy and safety of our users is our foremost priority, and always will be. Read more

THE LEGALITIES

Our licenses

Demotix licenses your work carefully according to one of two licenses, available here. Read more

Release forms

For editorial (news) usages, you don't need a form. But, for creative, you should submit a Model Release or a Property Release