News



:: News gathering / “citizen news” ::

  • Current TV
    First and foremost, a US cable and satellite channel for, in large part, “viewer-created content”. Its blogs, pods, and other features, however, justify considering this site a ‘Web 2.0′ presence.
  • OhMy News
    “Our motto is ��Every one can be a reporter.�� I believe that by inviting citizens to write their stories instead of having traditional media report them, we are able to get closer to the “truth.” And, by doing so, we’ll be able to hear from people who are not reported and under-reported. You can join our 800-strong team of citizen reporters from 80 countries who are submitting a wide-range of stories for a global audience. From life stories, entertainment and sports, to political analysis and breaking news, our writers are making a difference in how people both produce and consume news content.”
  • Digg
    “Digg is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do.”
  • Wikinews
    “Wikinews allows anyone to report news on a wide variety of subjects. Its mission, as stated on the main page of the English version of its website, is to ‘create a diverse environment where citizen journalists can independently report the news on a wide variety of current events’.”
  • NewsCloud
    “NewsCloud is a community Web site for progressives to share the news. NewsCloud helps you stay informed of breaking stories for all kinds of U.S. and international events with a distinctly progressive point of view. NewsCloud readers submit stories as they browse news sites and blogs from around the Web. Other readers comment and vote on the incoming stories. Highly regarded stories move to the top of the front page while others fall off over time.” [was formerly CommonTimes, "an interactive news site where you select the top stories and share your views about the day's events. Don't just read the news, talk about it with other readers. Create your own news channel. Comment on stories. Follow your favorite topics. Blog about the news. At CommonTimes, you are the editor."]
  • Politics 2.0
    “… the original Web 2.0 based political news site”. Inspired by, and similar to Digg, Politics 2.0 “allows you to submit an article that will be reviewed by all and will be promoted, based on popularity, to the main page”.