Citizen Media: Fad or the Future of News?

Local news web sites offering user-generated content are securing a valuable place in the media landscape, J-Lab report says.

imageLocal news web sites offering user-generated content are securing a valuable place in the media landscape and are likely to continue as important sources of community news, according to a J-Lab research project funded by the Ford Foundation. Read the study. To order, please follow these instructions. You can also download this study as a 2.5 MB PDF by clicking here.

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