Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Jan Schaffer Question 10

Which citizen journalism sites do you consider to be the most influential? The most innovative?

You’d have to break down the sites into those produced by citizens with no journalism backgrounds and those produced by journalists who are no longer in professional newsrooms. And you’d need to differentiate individuals’ blogging platforms from community news sites. Again, I point to the dangers of an umbrella rubric that does not fit the developments. I have some favorites, but that doesn’t mean that they are the most influential or most innovative.
Voice of SanDiego.org is incredibly influential. So is NewHavenIndependent.org. NewCastleNOW.org is spritely and comprehensive. WestSeattleblog.com is very popular in Seattle. NewWest.net is in intriguing model.

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