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Avenues that support and foster citizen journalism, the act of people "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information". [Quote from We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information, by Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis].
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- Backfence.com - Citizen journalism site for posting news, information and events. Currently covering California, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia.
- BrooWaha - Los Angeles-based project enabling people to write about news events their city. Contributors' input ranked according to popularity.
- CNN: I-Reports - Accepts video, photos and audio from a computer or cell phone. A compilation of news items submitted by citizen journalism.
- CoMagz Linkadlic Magazine - Community e-zine of items created and rated by users. Covers art, gadgets, technology, science and the life observations of columnists.
- Feed The Bull - User-driven, social content site where people submit, comment, and vote on financial news articles. Every user can feed (help promote), starve (remove spam), and comment on the items posted.
- Hypergene MediaBlog - Dealing with participatory journalism, and how audiences shape tomorrow's news. Written by media design consultants Chris Willis and Shayne Bowman.
- iBrattleboro - Alternative information source and community forum for Brattleboro, VT.
- Kuro5hin - Community discussion website focused on primarily on culture and technology. Content generated and selected by the users, with the exception of site news which is written by the editors.
- MeriNews - Platform where citizens can share news and debate general issues. Content tends to focus on events in India.
- NewsCloud - A community directory for sharing and commenting on news. Creates tiny url shortcuts for emailing friends about uploaded content. Join to submit stories, videos and blog posts from around the web.
- Newsvine - Register to add a news story, comment or write a column. Open source, community news service, which lets members customize the news viewed.
- OhmyNews International - Online newspaper with the motto "every citizen is a reporter". The majority of articles are written by freelance contributors.
- 43 Things - A social networking site where users create accounts and then share lists of goals and hopes.
- Your Hub - Community site to share stories and photos, events, blog items and classifieds among USA-based neighborhoods.
- YourHub.com: Denver - Submit stories, photographs and opinions to this citizen journalism site.
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