Campus J is trying to “cover” Jewish campus news by having students blogging from various universities — topic-based citizen newspapers makes total sense.

Steven Weiss, the editor and publisher, writes in an email that after launching two weeks ago, it’s already having an effect: A piece on the Orthodox Union cancelling its Congressional internship program has spurred the organization’s former president to lead a successful push to cancel the cancellation. [Technorati tags: journalism media]

Dave blogs about his day in Greensboro where a fascinating experiment in location-based citizen journalism is underway.

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