Get with the times, NY Times!

Looks like the New York Times is throwing their big, expensive NYC hat into the ring of citizen journalism. From an article last week posted on Editor & Publisher: The New York Times is joining the growing world of local “citizen journalism” with two Web sites launching Monday focused on five specific communities in New […]

March 5, 2009; 12:39 PM • by Valerie Catrow

Looks like the New York Times is throwing their big, expensive NYC hat into the ring of citizen journalism.

From an article last week posted on Editor & Publisher:

The New York Times is joining the growing world of local “citizen journalism” with two Web sites launching Monday focused on five specific communities in New Jersey and Brooklyn, N.Y.

“The Local” will appear on the Times’ Web pages with sites dedicated to three communities in New Jersey — Maplewood, South Orange and Millburn — and two Brooklyn neighborhoods, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

Most of the contributions will come from local residents, with a Times staffer overseeing each site.

“They have each recruited initial contributors and the mission of their sites will be to encourage and instigate people in their communities to do their own reporting and contribute their own creativity to the community we are trying to build online,” said Jim Schachter, Times editor/digital initiatives.

Go here for the full article.

Thanks to Stephanie (@RiverCityGal for you Twitterers) for the tip and shout out!