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• Citizen Media Initiatives published by news organizations
  
• Independent Citizen Media Initiatives

CITIZEN MEDIA EFFORTS: PUBLISHED INDEPENDENTLY

1. American Town Network: Claims to serve half of all U.S. communities with over 60,000 listed organizations, 3 million events, and 4 million pages of local content
2. Arbor Update: ArborUpdate.com is a volunteer run news and discussion site for the Ann Arbor community
3. Backfence: Ambitious effort launched in Reston and McLean, Va. in 2005 and shut down in spring 2007.
4. Baristanet: Serving Essex County, NJ.
5. Beast Blog: This is a multi-author blog about the East Bay. We cover Alameda to Albany, the bay to the hills. "Because East Bay is Pig Latin for Beast."
6. Benicia News: Covers Benecia, Calif.
7. Central District News:  Covers the Central District of Seattle, Washington.  Built on the Instant Journalist platform, it allows anyone to join and post their own news stories with text, images and video.
8. Chatter Garden: An online community for news and discussion about Hong Kong regional politics and public affairs.
9. Chicago Daily News: The Chicago Daily News is an online newspaper written by and for Chicago residents. It is owned by PublicMedia, Inc., a non-profit public service corporation based here in Chicago. We can guarantee you that our only focus is bringing you the best stories we can find.
10. Citizen Joe: Most of the volunteer columnists are not journalists; they are concerned citizens who, in addition to their full time jobs, pay close attention to policy debates and are committed to clarifying the issues for other Americans.
11. Citizen Kate:  Kate's campaign vlogs from the campaign trail, give us her outsider's perspective looking inside politics.  Kate educates and entertains by meeting every candidate and demystifying the political process.
12. Citizen Shift - English Version: The National Film Board of Canada's web magazine that integrates written, audio and visual media and provides a space where filmmakers and citizens can share knowledge, be entertained and most importantly debate social issues.
13. Citizen Shift - French Version
14. Coastsider: Coastsider is a community Web site for coastal San Mateo County.
15. Common Times
16. Daily Gotham
17. Everett Mirror
18. FredTalk.com (Fredricksburg, Va.)
19. FreeNewMexican.com Readers' News
20. GetLocalNews and AFreePress
21. Goskokie
22. Gotham Gazette's Community Gazettes
23. Grassroots Media Inc.
24. GreatLakesWiki.org
25. Greensboro101
26. H2Otown
27. Harford Now - Serving Harford County, MD.
    
28. Hartsville Today
29. Heights Observer, Inc. (Established 2008) This citizen owned paper and website is taking care of the needs of Cleveland Heights and University Heights. Produced using NinthEstate Software.
    
30. IBrattleboro
31. Joplin Independent.com (Joplin, MO) - Established in 2002, we are an all-volunteer citizen-driven  news and views source covering diverse topics that receives  prominent positioning in the Google news link.
32. Lakewood Observer (Lakewood, Ohio) Established in 2002. Citizen owned and produced hard copy newspaper(17,000) and online website. Produced with NinthEstate Software. In it's lifetime over 1,800 people from the city of 50,000 have written for the hard copy version. (Considered "the gold standard in citizen journalism" Lauren Rich Fine)
    
33. LiveFromArlington.com (Arlington, Mass.)
34. Loisaida Speaks
35. Loudoun Forward
36. MNspeak.com
37. Muncie Free Press
38. MyMissourian
39. Nashville 101
40. New Hamphire Forum
41. New West Network
42. Newsvine
43. North Lawndale Weblog (Chicago)
44. Northfield.org (Northfield, MN)
45. Northwest Voice
46. NowPublic.com
47. OhMyNews
48. Orato.com: Orato comes from the Latin and it means "I speak." We put a human face on the news by showcasing vivid, first person stories from individuals involved in current events or living extraordinary lives. Whether it is politics, sports, entertainment, science, love or war, we are capturing news and stories in their rawest form. We are a celebration of every person's right to be heard in their own words.
49. OurLittleNet
50. OurMedia
51. Out2.com
52. Participatory Media
53. Paulding.com
54. Paulding.com (Paulding, Ga.)
55. Pegasus News
56. Philly Future
57. PlugStar Citizen Reporters
58. Reporter.co.za (South Africa)
59. Scoopt photo agency
60. Seaside-sun.com (Oregon Coast)
61. State Informer
62. The Madison Commons Project
63. The McGill Report
64. The S.D. Fridge Door
65. The Somerville News
66. Theme Park Insider's "Accident Watch"
67. ToledoTalk.com
68. Universal Hub
69. Urban Vancouver
70. Village Soup (Maine)
71. Voice of San Diego
72. Westport Now
73. WikiNews
74. Wilmer Public Citizen : Community News Activism
75. Alternative Channel TV : A new Citizen media organizes the first International Citizen Journalist Contest.