Cpsc110/Assignment/Citizen journalism

These pages provide a detailed and factual assessment of various citizen news sources, in each case comparing a mainstream source--i.e., one associated with an established news organization--with a non-mainstream source. The main questions addressed in the articles are:


 * How and when the various sources got started.
 * What sort of readership and participation they currently have.
 * How they compare in their coverage of the news.

Helpful Links
Some links to get you started on editing Wikis:


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles
 * Very important: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style

Class Articles

 * I-Report and The Huffington Post
 * TMZ and The Superficial
 * Digg and MSNBC's Newsvine
 * Wikinews and CNN Online