Here is a verbatim press release from the J-Lab at the University of Maryland:
J-FLASHJ-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalismwww.J-Lab.org January 3, 2007
APPLY NOW: FEB. 20 NEW VOICES GRANTS DEADLINEJ-Lab is seeking proposals to start up innovative hyperlocal news projects. Ten nonprofit community news ventures will receive up to $17,000 each.
New this Year: Seeking up to [...]
The Editors Weblog gives an overview of Baristanet.com:
Debbie a Montclair, New Jersey Local, saw a desire for news in her community that made her decide to try her hand at online reporting…The target audience of Montclair suburbanites is an intellectual group who”live right think left.” Most Barista users check the site numerous times throughout the [...]
Bill Buzenberg, my boss when I was running the Civic Journalism Initiative at Minnesota Public Radio, was just named Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, the nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization, which specializes in investigative journalism projects. It was started by Charles Lewis, who spoke at our Restoring the Trust conference about the role of [...]
The Buffalo News ran a story yesterday October 6, 2006, pointing out how the We Media movement contrasts with Traditional Media. The contrast becomes apparent in the coverage last week of Rep. Tom Reynolds’ press conference in upstate New York. At the conference, he surrounded himself with children even though he knew he would be [...]
Mark Glaser at PBS’s MediaShift provides a primer to citizen journalism with a full list of definitions, terminologies, practitioners, history, and resources, including the PJNet.
Here is a must-read quote that Glaser included from an OpenBusiness interview with Kenneth Neil Cukier, a technology correspondent for The Economist specializing in public policy matters, particularly intellectual property:
I … [...]
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.