Media Participatory
Below are some useful links about Participatory on Media:
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| Babblestorm - People in the UK sharing items of interest to discuss and rank the latest news items. Create a profile and submit content. |
| Backfence.com - Citizen journalism site for posting news, information and events. Currently covering California, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia. |
| Barefoot Workshops - Details about a not-for-profit body offering workshops in documentary film making. Project list and gallery showcases the use of participatory video in the developing world to address issues such as HIV/AIDS, displacement, natural disaster, and youth empowerment. |
| BMark.it - Register to vote and discuss items listed in news directory. |
| BrooWaha - Project enabling people to write about news events in their U.S. city. Contributors' input ranked according to popularity. |
| Citizen Journalism Nepal - Community-driven site. Create content, polls, or search articles covering news, arts, sports, technology, opinion, and lifestyle. A citizen journalism initiative of a non-profit Syracuse University student organization. |
| CNN: I-Reports - Accepts video, photos and audio from a computer or cell phone. A compilation of news items submitted by citizen journalism. |
| Coastsider - News and information covering the San Mateo county communities. Open for readers to post stories, add to the conversation, or ask a question. |
| CoMagz Linkadlic Magazine - Community e-zine of items created and rated by users. Covers art, gadgets, technology, science and the life observations of columnists. |
| Cplash - Citizen journalism initiative in India. Derives its name from citizen and splash (as in, front-page news splash). |
| The Daily Acts - User-generated citizen journalism site. Does not accept opinion pieces, only news items. |
| 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. |
| freshare - Resource for news, information, pictures and events relevant to the Ozarks, Missouri. |
| Global Voices - A focal point for citizens’ media. Providing training, online tutorials, and free open-source tools for people around the world to use safely to express themselves. Offers weblog, wiki, and aggregator of international weblogs. |
| Helium - Citizen journalism outlet offering a platform for writers to write articles on topics about which they are knowledgeable. |
| 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. |
| JeQQ - A social bookmarking site at which users can submit and share news, get listed and vote on other posts. |
| 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. |
| Muncie Free Press - Publishing citizen and volunteer submitted journalism for East Central Indiana. Includes user guide, blogs, frequently asked questions, and contact form. |
| MyTown - Virtual town square for users to post community news, events, photos and weblogs. Sort by Colorado town name or topic. Create a group of common interest. Submissions vetted by staff at The Daily Camera. |
| National Gazette - Dubbing itself "the Jeffersonian Newspaper", its digital pages are open to all contributors wishing to submit articles, photos, and comments. Intentionally adopts a non-objective viewpoint of advocacy journalism. |
| 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 weblog 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. |
| NowPublic - Vancouver-based platform for participatory news-gathering. Global posts of news, photos, and video. |
| OhmyNews International - Online newspaper with the motto "every citizen is a reporter". The majority of articles are written by freelance contributors. |
| Online Journalism Blog - Comments and content by Paul Bradshaw and a team of "virtual interns" linked through a Facebook Group. |
| Online News Squared - Project begun in 2003 by the director of shared content for Chicago-based Tribune Publishing and Interactive, Scott Anderson. Covers trends in the online news industry. |
| Orato - Features citizen journalism reports. First-person accounts submitted by people from around the world. |
| Philly Future - Philadelphia-based blogger-driven online newspaper. |
| PopularVoice.Org - Create an account to share news and current events with neighbors. Submit to RSS feed and browse headlines. |
| Potrero Hill, San Francisco - Neighborhood guide to Potrero Hill, California. Add to news, police blotter, message board, local directory, events and photos. |
| Public Press - Global and local filters displaying citizen published columns, photos, questions, classifieds, and events. |
| 8020 Publishing - Media company printing travel and photographic magazines using online input from its web communities. View company history, staff biographies and press reviews. |
| SCVTalk.Com - Community information portal for Santa Clarita Valley, in Los Angeles. Offers news, restaurant reviews, photo galleries, and message boards. |
| Sportingo - Register and write articles on any sports-related event. Vote, discuss and set the forum's agenda. |
| SpyderWeb News - Post stories and vote on their ranking. User-posted content, tag cloud, and list of most active members. |
| Tennessee Folk - Citizen journalism and networking site, with a particular focus on rural places. Tools for creating classifieds, weblogs and for sharing events, links, and images. |
| 43 Things - A social networking site where users create accounts and then share lists of goals and hopes. |
| Universal Hub - Group of bloggers in Boston write about community news and information. |
| University Chic - E-zine written for and by university women. Submit items about campus social news, study abroad, advice, beauty, health and fitness. |
| Wagg.it - Social bookmarks manager that makes it easy to save favorites and share them by wagging. Driven by and for people. |
| WickedLocal - That’s “wicked” as in “very” – not “witch.” Provides tools for New England communities to write stories, join forums, post events, upload videos and publish pictures. |
| Wikinews:Wikinews needs you! - Explains the basics of writing articles for the Wikinews community, how to edit a page, plus links to the newsroom and tips on how to ask for help. |
| WinnipegFIRST - Grassroots local news site covering community events in Winnipeg, Canada. Contribute, comment and blog. |
| WorldVoice - Citizen journalism site based in Los Angeles. Register to submit or access full stories. |
| Your Hub - Community site to share stories and photos, events, weblog items and classifieds among USA-based neighborhoods. |
| YourHub.com: Denver - Submit stories, photographs and opinions to this citizen journalism site. |
| MeriNews - Find feature news content from a citizen journalist site with a focus on India. [RSS] |