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Hyperlocal news and citizen media platforms represent an early dream that the internet's limitless capacity as a medium would lead to the emergence of extremely local (and thereby relevant) news coverage. This dream hasn't played out as expected. While we all report, in a sense, about our hyperlocal experiences on social media platforms, the venerated "citizen journalist" of the early 2000s wasn't able to sustainably produce quality journalism to the degree many industry experts predicted.
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CGnet Swara
New DelhiCGNet Swara is a voice-based portal, freely accessible via mobile phone, that allows anyone to report and listen to stories of local interest
Media Matters for Democracy Courses
PakistanTwo courses - Understanding Citizen Journalism and Digital Disinformation and Journalistic Responsibilities
The Listening Post Collective Playbook
United States of America (the)As part of the Listening Post Collective’s commitment to developing civic media + power-building resources, we’ve launched a free, self-paced, digital learning platform that guides you through launching your own civic media project.
Outside.in is an aggregator aimed at creating a place for neighborhoods to share and explore information.
The Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.
Urban Archive
155 Rivington Street, New York, NY, USAUrban Archive is a technology nonprofit that creates new connections between people, places, and historical institutions.
Memria
Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USAMEMRIA uses the power of voice to help our partners further their missions.
StoryCorps
80 Hanson Pl, Brooklyn, New York 11217, USATo preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world
Internews
Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAInternews, an international nonprofit organization, empowers people worldwide with the trustworthy, high-quality news and information they need to make informed decisions, participate in their communities, and hold power to account.
Voice of Kibera
KenyaVoice of Kibera is a citizen reporting platform. The project is an initiative of Map Kibera and uses the Ushahidi platform to aggregate and map citizen reports. The platform aggregates local citizen reports from the Kibera community media and other relevant news and information. In partnership with various local organizations, the Map Kibera team (http://mapkibera.org/) launched Voice of Kibera to visualize reporting in and about Kibera (one of the largest slums in Africa). The platform acts as a social reporting platform used to enhance resilience through community-led actions. It has become a dataset about the challenges faced by Kibera’s residents, the existing services and capacity (e.g. clinics, schools, water resources), and other relevant news and information about the area. Via a simple web-based reporting system, citizens of Kibera can report incidents, from security presence, to health, education, and natural disasters.
Facebook ‘Today In' feature
Palo AltoA dedicated section on Facebook that connects people to news and information about their community, called Today In.
The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites
The Streetwyze app is the world’s first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge.
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