Participatory Media

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].

• WinnipegFIRST - Grassroots local news site covering community events in Winnipeg, Canada. Contribute, comment and blog.
  
• Publish A Letter .com - Send letters to the editor of any English language newspaper in the world. In case the letter is not printed, post the letter also on this site.
  
• PopularVoice.Org - Create an account to share news and current events with neighbors. Submit to RSS feed and browse headlines.
  
• SpyderWeb News - Post stories and vote on their ranking. User-posted content, tag cloud, and list of most active members.
  
• Potrero Hill, San Francisco - Neighborhood guide to Potrero Hill, California. Add to news, police blotter, message board, local directory, events and photos.
  
• Sportingo - Register and write articles on any sports-related event. Vote, discuss and set the forum's agenda.
  
• University Chic - E-zine written for and by university women. Submit items about campus social news, study abroad, advice, beauty, health and fitness.
  
• Muncie Free Press - Publishing citizen and volunteer submitted journalism for East Central Indiana. Includes user guide, blogs, frequently asked questions, and contact form.
  
• Universal Hub - Group of bloggers in Boston write about community news and information.
  
• BMark.it - Register to vote and discuss items listed in news directory.
  
• Backfence.com - Citizen journalism site for posting news, information and events. Currently covering California, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Orato - Features citizen journalism reports. First-person accounts submitted by people from around the world.
  
• NowPublic - Vancouver-based platform for participatory news-gathering. Global posts of news, photos, and video.
  
• YourHub.com: Denver - Submit stories, photographs and opinions to this citizen journalism site.
  
• CNN: I-Reports - Accepts video, photos and audio from a computer or cell phone. A compilation of news items submitted by citizen journalism.
  
• Helium - Citizen journalism outlet offering a platform for writers to write articles on topics about which they are knowledgeable.
  
• Coastsider - News and information covering the San Mateo county communities. Open for readers to post stories, add to the conversation, or ask a question.
  
• 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.
  
• 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 empo
  
• Philly Future - Philadelphia-based blogger-driven online newspaper.
  
• OhmyNews International - Online newspaper with the motto "every citizen is a reporter". The majority of articles are written by freelance contributors.
  
• freshare - Resource for news, information, pictures and events relevant to the Ozarks, Missouri.
  
• 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.
  
• JeQQ - A social bookmarking site at which users can submit and share news, get listed and vote on other posts.
  
• 8020 Publishing - Media company printing travel and photographic magazines using online input from its web communities. View company history, staff biographies and press reviews.
  
• 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.
  
• Online Journalism Blog - Comments and content by Paul Bradshaw and a team of "virtual interns" linked through a Facebook Group.
  
• SCVTalk.Com - Community information portal for Santa Clarita Valley, in Los Angeles. Offers news, restaurant reviews, photo galleries, and message boards.
  
• Your Hub - Community site to share stories and photos, events, weblog items and classifieds among USA-based neighborhoods.
  
• CoMagz Linkadlic Magazine - Community e-zine of items created and rated by users. Covers art, gadgets, technology, science and the life observations of columnists.
  
• Hypergene MediaBlog - Dealing with participatory journalism, and how audiences shape tomorrow's news. Written by media design consultants Chris Willis and Shayne Bowman.
  
• BrooWaha - Project enabling people to write about news events in their U.S. city. Contributors' input ranked according to popularity.
  
• 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.
  
• Newsvine - Register to add a news story, comment or write a column. Open source, community news service, which lets members customize the news viewed.
  
• 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.
  
• iBrattleboro - Alternative information source and community forum for Brattleboro, VT.
  
• 43 Things - A social networking site where users create accounts and then share lists of goals and hopes.
  
• 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.
  
• Wagg.it - Social bookmarks manager that makes it easy to save favorites and share them by wagging. Driven by and for people.
  
• Cplash - Presents citizen's views on news and matter concerning society in India and globally. Derives its name from citizen and splash (as in, front-page news splash).
  
• 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.
  
• Babblestorm - People in the UK sharing items of interest to discuss and rank the latest news items. Create a profile and submit content.
  
• mixeye - A platform for public journalism. Submit insights and opinions, news and events.
  
• 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.
  
• Public Press - Global and local filters displaying citizen published columns, photos, questions, classifieds, and events.
  
  

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