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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

CGnet Swara

New Delhi

CGNet 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

Two courses - Understanding Citizen Journalism and Digital Disinformation and Journalistic Responsibilities

The Listening Post Collective Playbook

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.

Global Voices

Global Voices

Stichting Global Voices, Kingsfodweg 151, 1043GR Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Urban Archive

Urban Archive

155 Rivington Street, New York, NY, USA

Urban Archive is a technology nonprofit that creates new connections between people, places, and historical institutions.

Memria

Memria

Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USA

MEMRIA uses the power of voice to help our partners further their missions.

Outside.in

Outside.in is an aggregator aimed at creating a place for neighborhoods to share and explore information.

Patch

The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites

Listening Post Collective

The Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.

StoryCorps

StoryCorps

80 Hanson Pl, Brooklyn, New York 11217, USA

To preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world

Streetwyze

The Streetwyze app is the world’s first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge.

Internews

Internews

Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Internews, 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

Voice 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.

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