Resource: Participatory Journalism
Jan Schaffer, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
Foundation Blogs
- Northwest Area Foundation
www.Communityblogs.us
News Games
- PBS Engage
www.pbs.org/engage - Moral Compass
www.newsinitiative.org/story/2007/07/30/moral_compass - MPR Budget Balancer
news.minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2005/03/budget - Garbage Game
www.gothamgazette.com/games/garbage.php
Visualizing News: Bakersfield Google mash-ups
- Pothole Map
www.Bakersfield.com/potholemap - Local Quirks
www.Bakersfield.com/quirks - Nightlife Map
www.Bakersfield.com/nightlifemap - Local Gangswww.Bakersfield.com/982
Search & Find Exercises
- EveryBlockwww.EveryBlock.com
- CinciNavigator, Cincinnati Enquirerhttp://data.cincinnati.com/navigator/
Crowdsourcing/Citizen Watchdog
- Crowdsourcing, Team Watchdog, Ft. Myers News-Presshttp://www.news-press.net/data/ (Watchdog section on lower right of page.)
Citizen Media New Voices Grantees
- Girls on Air Podcasts, Lower Eastside Girls Clubwww.girlsclubworldwide.org/wp/
- Neighbor Media, Cambridge Community Televisionwww.cctvcambridge.org/neighbormedia
- New Castle Nowwww.NewCastleNOW.org
- Greater Fulton Newswww.GreaterFultonNews.org
Other CitMedia Sites
- New Haven Independentwww.NewHavenIndependent.com
- MinnPostwww.MinnPost.com
- Rethink College Parkwww.RethinkCollegePark.net
Pro/Am, Venture Capital Sites
- NewWestwww.NewWest.net
- NowPublicwww.NowPublic.com
Think Tanks, Non-Profit Groups
- TechPresidentwww.TechPresident.com
- Crisis Guideswww.cfr.org/publication/by_type/interactive.html
Civic Impact
- The Forum, Deerfield, N.H.
www.forumhome.org - Clickable Maps, Everett, Wash.
www.tinyurl.com/2rdz3s
J-Lab Sites
- Knight Citizen News Network
www.How-to publish.kcnn.org - How-to publish
www.J-Learning.org - Follow start-ups
www.J-NewVoices.org - J-Lab homepage
www.J-Lab.org