Participatory
There are a total of 30 listings in this category.
Site Listings:
43 Things
A social networking site where users create accounts and then share lists of goals and hopes.
www.43things.com
Backfence.com
Citizen journalism site for posting news, information and events. Currently covering California, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia.
www.backfence.com
BrooWaha
Los Angeles-based project enabling people to write about news events in their city. Contributors' input ranked according to popularity.
losangeles.broowaha.com
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.
www.cjnepal.org
Citizenxpress.com
Post stories, photographs and videos. India-based site citizen journalism. Published in real time and without any gate keeping process.
citizenxpress.com
CNN: I-Reports
Accepts video, photos and audio from a computer or cell phone. A compilation of news items submitted by citizen journalism.
www.cnn.com/exchange
CoMagz Linkadlic Magazine
Community e-zine of items created and rated by users. Covers art, gadgets, technology, science and the life observations of columnists.
www.comagz.com/webmagazine
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.
www.feedthebull.com
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 blog, wiki, and aggregator of international weblogs.
www.globalvoicesonline.org
Hypergene MediaBlog
Dealing with participatory journalism, and how audiences shape tomorrow's news. Written by media design consultants Chris Willis and Shayne Bowman.
www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php
iBrattleboro
Alternative information source and community forum for Brattleboro, VT.
www.ibrattleboro.com
iTalkNews
Register and follow step-by-step instructions to submit news stories and pictures. Earned pointed used to aggregate placement of items on front page. Reader donations entirely directly to authors.
www.italknews.com
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.
www.kuro5hin.org
MeriNews
Platform where citizens can share news and debate general issues. Content tends to focus on events in India.
www.merinews.com
mixeye
A platform for public journalism. Submit insights and opinions, news and events.
www.mixeye.com
Muncie Free Press
Publishing citizen and volunteer submitted journalism for East Central Indiana. Includes user guide, blogs, frequently asked questions, and contact form.
www.munciefreepress.com
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.
mytowncolorado.com
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.
www.newscloud.com
Newsvine
Register to add a news story, comment or write a column. Open source, community news service, which lets members customize the news viewed.
www.newsvine.com
NowPublic
Vancouver-based platform for participatory news-gathering. Global posts of news, photos, and video.
www.nowpublic.com
OhmyNews International
Online newspaper with the motto "every citizen is a reporter". The majority of articles are written by freelance contributors.
english.ohmynews.com
Philly Future
Philadelphia-based blogger-driven online newspaper.
www.phillyfuture.org
PopularVoice.Org
Create an account to share news and current events with neighbors. Submit to RSS feed and browse headlines.
popularvoice.org
Potrero Hill, San Francisco
Neighborhood guide to Potrero Hill, California. Add to news, police blotter, message board, local directory, events and photos.
www.potrerohillsf.com
SCVTalk.Com
Community information portal for Santa Clarita Valley, in Los Angeles. Offers news, restaurant reviews, photo galleries, and message boards.
www.scvtalk.com
University Chic
E-zine written for and by university women. Submit items about campus social news, study abroad, advice, beauty, health and fitness.
www.universitychic.com
WickedLocal: Plymouth
Local online publication in Plymouth, MA, offering interactive tools for readers to post stories, join forums, post events and publish pictures.
plymouth.wickedlocal.com
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.
en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Wikinews_needs_you%21
Your Hub
Community site to share stories and photos, events, blog items and classifieds among USA-based neighborhoods.
www.yourhub.com
YourHub.com: Denver
Submit stories, photographs and opinions to this citizen journalism site.
denver.yourhub.com