This is an interesting attempt at collaborative citizen journalism:
Now! Hampshire is unlike any newspaper you’ve ever read. To begin with it is published entirely online. What is more it is the only newspaper that consists entirely of citizen contributed news. That means you are not only a reader of Now! Hampshire, you are one of our reporters—if you decide to take up the challenge.
Founded by Seacoast entrepreneur Patrick Hynes, Now! Hampshire operates on the premise that there is a lot more interesting news out there than the people on the “news business” would lead us all to believe. And so we ask every citizen in the Granite State to take up their pens and note pads—along with the video and audio recorders—and start a news beat of their own.
Does your company, organization or school have something important to announce? Don’t settle with blasting off a press release—write a story about it and post it on Now! Hampshire.
Does your daughter or son have a game tonight? Record it on video and write up a blurb. We are thrilled to host local sports content.
Attending a county fair? Write a story about it.
Do you know a special, inspirational someone in your community? Show them you appreciate their contribution by interviewing them and posting it here at Now! Hampshire.
And remember: We’re looking for news. No opinion—just the facts.
I've often thought such an effort might be worthwhile in a smaller city like Champaign-Urbana, where local news is done well but very sparsely by legacy media outlets.
Anybody can submit a story to the NG, and get paid to boot.
just sounds like a blog to me...
And just who determines what is 'opinion' and what is 'just the facts' ? Expect there to be about 90 percent opinion, 2 percent fact and the rest b.s.
So, they've re-invented Wikinews?
I think blogs like this are better than citizen journalism websites. I like logging on to an individual "reporter's" website for their brand of news and the commentary it attracts. In CU we have a number of blogs that do a good job of filling in the holes left by the N-G. BTW, the N-G does a good job, though WCIA 3 could use some help. This morning they're reporting (over and over) on the capture of an al Qaeda leader, even though the U.S. military is saying, 'Uh, no'. AP: The U.S. military said Friday that the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq had been not been captured, despite a claim by the Iraqi government. U.S. military spokeswoman Maj. Peggy Kageleiry said "neither coalition forces nor Iraqi security forces detained or killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri. This guy had a similar name."
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