This category covers web sites providing a means for group-based reporting of news by citizens.
Key element are:
1/ audience participation; and
2/ a collaborative and contributory approach in news reporting.
Personal weblogs and other kinds of "thin media" (such as mailing lists, email newsletters) belong at other categories.
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].
Lists resources for Citizen Journalism - also known as participatory journalism - and provides background on how private citizens can playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information.
