Newzbid developer relishes challenge

By Linda Sim
Updated May 25 2015 - 3:08am, first published 2:39am
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Mark Orval is the founder of Newzbid, an app that crowdsources newsworthy content. Photo: Arsineh Houspian

Like it or loathe it, social media has completely changed the way we communicate. Now, our willingness to share the funny and bizarre could provide journalists instant photographic access to newsworthy events as they happen; and, from a central resource that pays its contributors while eliminating the need to scour social media.