We previously covered Scoopt, which is positioning itself as a middleman to sell newsworthy camera phone photos taken by the general public, to the news outlets. Techdirt reports that Scoopt has successfully made the first sale.

The “winning” photo in question was from one Stephen Bell, who captured the aftermath of a stolen car that had crashed following a police chase in the Bristol (UK) area. Bell will split equally the “two-digit sum” received from the buyer with Scoopt.

British agency Scoopt has only been open for two months and now it has 2,000 members in 64 countries. Take out your Palm Treo 650 smartphone and become a citizen journalist now!

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