Yoosk? -You ask, we’ll connect, they’ll answer!

Yoosk? is an interactive website supported by the recently announced Innovation Fund awards. This site is a part-forum/part-blog that has links with the mainstream media as well as celebrities and politicians. It does not seem spectacularly different at first sight; but some very innovative features emerge on closer study! A site to bookmark, visit and use! The following is from the Yoosk? website:

What is Yoosk?

Yoosk is an interactive interview magazine which enables you to participate in the news gathering process by putting your questions to politicians & celebrities.

Six ways to do it

1.Put your questions directly to public figures

2.Get votes for them by mailing & bookmarking

3.Vote for other users’ questions

4.View answers & say what you think of them

5.Join a community of news enthusiasts

6.Submit your own ideas for interview features

Editors, reporters and bloggers
Use our software to set up your own Yoosk
Use our widget to collect your users’ questions

Public figures
Get closer to constituents, fans and customers
Answer their questions directly to webcam

Two local people have asked questions on Yoosk? recently; yours truly of Hazel Blears and Alcohol Peer Support Services of Gordon Brown PM.