Citizen Media

J-Lab’s Citizen Media Work

Top-down news is very last century. Community residents around the country are launching hyperlocal blogs and Web sites to report on micro news in their communities.  Newspapers and television stations are rolling out the red carpet for user-generated content. Radio stations have realized they need more than call-ins, contests and commentaries to engage the people formerly known as the audience.

J-Lab has helped to fund 40 community news start-ups since 2005 through the Knight-funded New Voices program.

Tour some of J-Lab's community news startups here:

J-Lab helps people become citizen journalists with its e-learning portals.  Check out the Knight Citizen News Network and J-Learning.org.

Want to find a citmedia site near you? Search here.

imageJ-Lab honors innovative ideas in the world of citizen media.
Check out recent winners of the Knight-Batten Citizen Media Award.
2008:  JDLand.com, Washington, D.C.
2007:  The Forum, Deerfield, N.H.

image J-Lab studies the impact of citizen media on communities and the news industry. Download our latest report, “Citizen Media: Fad or Future of News? The rise and prospect of hyperlocal journalism.”