Essential reading

Here are some sites (and books) you should check out to learn more about the topic:

Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc. - Sort of the Godfather of community journalism; quit a flagship job as high-tech columnist at the San Jose Mecury News to build some as yet not public new-journalism thing.

Mitch Ratcliffe - High-tech reporter often discusses new ways of doing journalism.