MySpace and YouTube are sending a pair of "citizen reporters" to the annual World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week to do online video coverage for users of the popular websites.<\/p>\n
Rebecca McQuigg of Los Angeles will be on the scene for News Corp-owned MySpace while Pablo Camacho of Bogota, Colombia, will file video reports to a channel at Google-owned YouTube.<\/p>\n
McQuigg won a "MySpace Journal" contest decided by judges including Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post and the social-networking website’s co-founder Chris DeWolfe.<\/p>\n
Camacho, a 24-year-old-student and musician, was among 250 "YouTubers" who submitted Davos Debates clips to the video-sharing website.<\/p>\n
"We are very happy to have opened up the discussions in Davos to a truly global audience thanks to social networks," said Forum founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab.<\/p>\n
The invitation-only Forum is being held from January 28 through February 1 in Davos-Klosters.<\/p>\n
More than 40 heads of state have reportedly confirmed they will attend the gathering of leaders from businesses, unions, and non-governmental organizations.<\/p>\n
Items on the agenda include the global economic turmoil and climate change.<\/p>\n
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