Citizen journalism sites

By the Ourmedia staff

Where can I see examples of citizen journalism?

Citizen journalism comes in all shapes and flavors, from blogging platforms like SixApart and Blogger to podcasts to special areas of mainstream news sites. You'll get a better idea of the wide variety by checking out some of these websites:

Hyper-local news sites

Here is a sampling (not a comprehensive list) of independent community news sites, also called hyper-local news sites:

Citizen journalism sites

Citizens' media sites

You'll see examples of citizen journalism on the following sites, which focus on video, audio and images:

  • Ourmedia, a community of grassroots media creators
  • NowPublic, a site focusing on user photographs and video
  • IndyMedia, for political activists and other independent media creators
  • Open Media Network, a p2p network for independent creators

Community media sites

The following collaborative media sites focus chiefly on user-generated text articles:

Reference sites

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