Key CitJ Resources

Adam Glenn and I often get asked for good starting points to get plugged into the world of citizen journalism. Here's my short list of my favorites:

• The Center for Citizen Media is a good first stop to learn what's happening in citizen journalism -- especially the blog by pioneer citizen journalist Dan Gillmor.
  
  
• The Knight Citizen News Network is another great place to start to learn about citizen journalism, and to find relevant citizen journalism venues (at least in the US). If you find yourself working with citizen journalists, recommend this site to them as a resource to enhance their efforts. (Full disclosure: Adam and I developed parts of this site, including the citizen media sites database.)
  
  
• NewAssignment.net is an ambitious pro/am (professional / amateur) "crowdsourcing" journalism effort. It's just getting started, but this is an important project to watch.
• Placeblogger is a resource site by Lisa Williams where you can find blogs and other sites that provide a sense of the "lived experience" of a place (town, city, state, region, country). Most of these sites are not specifically intended as citizen journalism, but many of them offer citizen journalism from time to time.
• OhMyNews: Perhaps the most famous global citizen journalism venue, based in S. Korea. It's a for-profit operation with a paid editorial staff. Eclectic and intriguing.
• Global Voices Online: A popular and high-quality aggregator of weblogs from most countries around the world. Much, but not all, of the content is citizen journalism.
• iBrattleboro.com is a vibrant, well-run independent community news and discussion site. I think it sets a good example for community-focused citizen journalism.

...What are your favorite citJ resources or example sites? Please comment below.

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Check out FreeTheNews.net if you're looking for resources to help citizen journalists. We have a resource page with links to good sites--including this one.