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Title: Citizen News Ventures


1
Citizen NewsVentures
  • The Fusion of News
  • and Schmooze

2
New Roles for Citizens
  • Competitor
  • Collaborator, tipster
  • Expert, source
  • Watch dog
  • Writer, storyteller, blogger
  • Photographer
  • Movie maker
  • Creative writers, poets

3
New Roles for Journos
  • Viral Reporter/ Investigator
  • Content Wrangler
  • Niche product developer
  • Driveway Rot Rescuer
  • Social Relationship Entrepreneur

4
CitMedia Types
Solo Jos
Cmty Co-ops
Blog Aggregators
Individual sites
5
Syndicated Sites
  • BackFence.com
  • 13 towns
  • 4 states
  • YourHub.com
  • 44 towns
  • 8 states


6
Legacy Media Sites
  • BlufftonToday.com
  • NorthwestVoice.com


7
Its not Big-J Journalism
Local Fretting
Collaborative news
Civic Activism
Irreverent Voice
8
Notable Attributes
  • Inclusiveness
  • Intimacy
  • Passion for Community
  • Humor
  • Civic Engagement

9
Architecture of Participation
  • For a Culture of Contribution

10
CitMedia Research
11
Key Findings
  • Bridge media
  • News civic participation
  • Fusion of news schmooze
  • Metrics gt community impact
  • Dont need to make
  • Expect to continue

12
Shoestring Operations
  • Founders supply start-up funds.
  • Dont need to continue
  • Wish to pay token to contributors

13
Little Accountability
  • 60 dont require real names
  • 70 dont require valid e-mail
  • 67 remove bad content after posting
  • Minimal problems

14
CitMedia Claims success
15
Reported Impact
16
Plan to Stick Around
17
MSM Schizophrenia
Buy Fresno Famous
Decline TCDaily Planet
Denounce GL Wiki
Troll NewWest
18
Knight Citizen News Network
What we like
Search by state
Learning modules
News, how-tos
19
www.KCNN.org
20
  • The Institute for Interactive Journalism

www.J-Lab.org www.J-NewVoices.org www.J-Learning.o
rg www.KCNN.org
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