What's news? Web 'paper' says, you decide

A new chapter in community journalism is being written in California with the debut of a website that allows non-journalists to write and publish news. Valleynews.com is the brainchild of the Los Angeles Daily News and, says publisher Tracy Rafter, it will be free of the normal constraints of print journalism. The site allows users to log in and upload pictures and stories about themselves, their communities or anything else they want to write about. While the user will decide what is newsworthy, the website staff choose what appears on the homepage. This is worth watching. (Via Topix Net)