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LIST: New resources chart growing number of local online journalism efforts
By Bill Densmore, MGP Editor
Nov 3, 2007, 21:16

· updated

Here is a list of “news community” websites in the United States known to The Media Giraffe Project. In general, websites spawned by established daily newspapers are not included. Where the site name is a hypertext link, clicking will open a Media Giraffe profile page. Please submit suggestions for additional listings, or profile update information to mediagiraffe@journ.umass.edu. Or use our WIKI PAGE to immediately add links, contact information or research suggestions.

CENTER FOR CITIZEN MEDIA / NEWS ABOUT CITIZEN JOURNALISM

FIRST . . . OTHER LISTS AND RESOURCES

Doug McGill's site, The McGill Report, offers advice on citizen-journalism training, including a November, 2007, post -- the seven things he has learned. (MCGILL BACKGROUND)
In November, 2007, the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School launched the Citizen Media Law Project, which provides advice -- including free legal assistance, to citizen's struggling with copyright, libel and operational issues.
The New Voices project, part of J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park, has developed reports and ongoing advice about citizen-journalism efforts in the United States. J-Lab also runs the J-Learning website, a "how-to" resource for community journalism.
On Jan. 1, 2007, Lisa Williams of H2OTown in Watertown, Mass. (USA), launched Placeblogger.COM, a new site which is tracking websites and blogs which cover news as well as the sense of local places. You can use to search by geography. Media Giraffe previewed Placeblogger in June.
Also in January, 2007, former daily-newspaper webmaster K. Paul Mallasch, who is based in Muncie, Ind. (USA) has started a service to track local ciitizen-journalism efforts. It's at LocalJournalism.net
Earlier, Lisa Williams of H2OTown, also was maintaining a list of local news community resources at: http://del.icio.us/tag/localnewsapalooza?setcount=100
Jonathan Dube's Cyberjournalist.net webset of The Media Center at The American Press Institute is also maintaining a list of local and niche news sites at: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/002226.php
A third resource is the DeepBlog.COM site's list:
http://deepblog.com/db2.html
Finally, Paul Bass of the New Haven Independent authored some
analysis of local blogs which is posted at:
http://blog.pegasusnews.com/2005/04/the_players.html

THE MEDIA GIRAFFE PROJECT'S LIST OF LOCAL
ONLINE CITIZEN-JOURNALISM EFFORTS

ArborUpdate http://www.arborupdate.com/>
Ann Arbor, Mich., community news

· AmericanTownsNetwork <http://www.americantowns.com/>
Connecticut-based aggregator

· Backfence <http://www.backfence.com/>
User-submitted news for DC suburbs

· Baristanet.com <http://www.baristanet.com/>
Coffee, conversation, news for Montclair, NJ

Beast Blog http://www.beastblog.com
Because East Bay is pig latin for Beast Eastbay, San Fransisco, CA

· BeniciaNews <http://www.benicianews.com/>
Eastbay San Francisco suburb (see: GetLocalNews)

Blount County Voice http://www.blountcountyvoice.com
Blount County, TN

· Bluffton Today <http://www.blufftontoday.com/>
Daily-sponsored news for Bluffton, SC

Bollard, The <http://www.thebollard.com/>
Local news for Portland, Maine

Buffalo Rising <http://www.buffalorising.com>
Local news web community for Buffalo, N.Y., plus monthly magazine

ChiTownDailyNews.org <http://www.ChiTownDailynews.org>
Ex-daily reporter's news blog for urban Chicago, Ill., heavy on music

· Charlotte101.com <http://www.charlotte101.us/>
“Citizens media for Charlotte, N.C.”

· Coastsider <http://www.coastsider.com/>
coastal San Mateo County, Calif., near San Francisco

· CTNewsJunkie <http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/>
Politics, public policy for Connecticut

DCist.com http://www.dcist.com
Washington DC area

Da Daily Heights http://www.dailyheights.com/
Blog-type posting of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY

The Daily Peg http://www.dailypeg.com
Dallas, TX

Everett Mirror <http://theeverettmirror.blogspot.com/>
Blog for Boston suburb of Everett, Mass.

· FredTalk.com <http://www.fredtalk.com/>
for Fredricksburg, Va.

· Fulton Daily News <http://www.fultondailynews.com/>
Upstate New York family of web-only sites

Getty's BLOG http://gettysblog.blogspot.com/
Comments on local issues. Gettysburg, PA

Goskokie.com <http://www.goskokie.com/>
Academic-sponsored for Chicago suburb of Skokie

· Gotham Gazette <http://www.gothamgazette.com/>
New York City news and politics (non-profit)

· Greensboro101 <http://www.greensboro101.com/>
for Greensboro, N.C.

· GreylockNews.COM <http://www.greylocknews.com/>
Northern Berkshire County, Mass.

Hartsville [S.C.] Today -- http://www.hvtd.com/
A joint project of the Univ. of South Carolina and the Hartsville daily

· H2Otown <http://www.hto2town.info/ >
Community news for Watertown, Mass., Boston suburb

Hamden Daily News <http://www.hamdendailynews.com/>
Web-only community news site for Hartford, Conn., suburb

· IBerkshires.com <http://www.iberkshires.com/>
Berkshire County, Mass.

· iBrattleboro <http://www.ibrattleboro.com/>
News community for Brattleboro, Vt.

· iBurlington <http://www.iburlington.com/>
Burlington, Vt.

· infoZine.com <http://www.infozine.com/>
Local news for Kansas City, Mo. (since 1994)

· The Kent (Conn.) Tribune http://www.kenttribune.com/
Small-town Connecticut web-only site started in 2002

Li Killingworth Today http://www.killingworthtoday.com/
Community news from Killingworth, CT

Live fromArlington.com <http://www.livefromarlington.com/>
from Arlington, Mass.

Madison Commons <http://www.madisoncommons.org>
Non-profit site in Madison, Wis.; partners with daily paper

Magic City Morning Star <http://www.magic-city-news.com>
Local news site for coastal Millinocket, Maine

Minneapolis Speaks < http://www.mnspeak.com>
Local blog aggregation site for Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.

Minneapolis Observer <http://mplsobserve.com>
Local news community for Minneapolis, Minn., formerly print weekly

· Mountain Area Info Network <http://www.main.nc.us/>
Integrated news/ISP in Ashville, N.C.

Muncie Free Press <http://www.munciefreepress.com/>
Muncie, Ind., local news by a former newspaper website editor

· My Missourian <http://www.mymissourian.com/>
Columbia, Mo., university-backed news site

Nashville 101 http://www.nashville101.com/
Citizens Media Nashville, TN

· New Haven Independent <http://www.newhavenindependent.org/>
Grant-supported site for New Haven, Conn.

· New West Network <http://www.newwest.net/>
Covering the Rockies from Montana

· Northfield Citizens Online <http://www.northfield.org/>
Northfield, Minn., community site

· Northwest Voice <http://www.northwestvoice.com/>
Daily-sponsored site for Bakersfield, Calif.

· OhmyNews <http://english.ohmynews.com/>
English-language version of Korean citizen journalism

OlyBlog.net -- http://www.olyblog.net
Active CitiJ site for Olympia, Wash.

Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/
Community blog. Brooklyn, NY

Our Little Net http://www.ourlittle.net/
Specializes in community websites. Rosewell, GA

Overland Examiner http://overlandexaminer.org
Covers 17,000-population suburb of St. Louis, Mo.

Paulding http://www.paulding.com
Community web site of Paulding County, Ga.

· Pegasus News http://www.pegasusnews.com/>
Not yet live (fall 2005) Dallas, Texas, site

· Philly Future <http://www.phillyfuture.org/>
Philadelphia’s city news blog

Portland Communique http://communique.portland.or.us/
Portland, OR

Pratt News http://www.topix.net/city/pratt-ks
Local news for Pratt, KS

The River Valley Reporter http://www.rivervalleyreporter.com
Local news for the Rumford, Maine, area

The Sacramento [Calif.] Executive [http://www.sacramentoexecutive.com]
Business-focused local news blog

San Diego Blog http://sandiegoblog.com/
San Diego, CA

Somerville News <http://somervillenews.typepad.com/>
for Somerville, Mass., Boston suburb

· SouthBostonOnline < http://www.southbostononline.com/>
Neighborhood news, with newspaper

· Stark County News < http://www.countyenews.com/aboutus.htm>
Rural Illinois local communities

Twin Cities Daily Planet <http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/>
Minneapolis, Minn., aggregator of community newspaper and web news

The Tyee http://thetyee.ca/About/Intro/
Vancouver, B.C, Canada

UniversalHub.com <http://www.universalhub.com/>
Adam Gaffin’s aggregation for metro Boston

· Urban Vancouver <http://urbanvancouver.com/>
for Vancouver, BC

· VillageSoup.com <http://www.villagesoup.com/>
for Knox and Waldo Counties in Maine.

· Voice of San Diego <http://www.voiceofsandiego.com/>
Non-profit site for San Diego, Calif.

· Westport Now! <http://www.westportnow.com/>
Local news for Westport, Conn.

The Winooski Eagle http://www.winooskieagle.com/
Citizen Journalist website on Winooski, VT

Yonkers (N.Y.) Tribune <http://yonkers.tribune.tv>
Community news for large New York City suburb

· YourMomOnline < http://www.yourmomonline.com/>
Quad Cities, Ill.-Iowa, newspaper sponsored

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