RESOURCE: J-Lab website has 850-site database of citi-media sites

[Bill Densmore]

Jan Schaffer, director of J-Lab at American University, notes:

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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:24:43 -0400
From: Jan Schaffer <ja...@j-lab.org>
To: Bill Densmore <mediag...@journ.umass.edu>
Subject: FYI...

Bill..

I always presume everyone knows this, but maybe not. So this is just a
reminder that J-Lab is already collecting data on hyperlocal community news
sites. We use a narrower definition than what placeblogger uses, which is
fine.

See it here: http://www.kcnn.org/citmedia_sites/

We have 850 sites listed and scores more to be added soon. It's a
deliverable on my Knight grant.

It has a survey on the back end that allows researchers to do advanced
searches. You for the mash-up map, you can search by city or state or
individual site name, etc.

Best,
Jan