Chatter Garden: New Hong Kong online community news site

A new online community for news and discussion about Hong Kong regional politics and public affairs called Chatter Garden recently launched, using Weblog publishing software. Visitors to the site can not only leave comments, but are encouraged to join discussing Hong Kong public affairs by posting blog entries. They also decide which entries go on the front page by voting on the best ones.

The English language site was created as a University of Hong Kong student project for the New Media Workshop, part of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, and directed by assistant professor Andrew Lih and visiting lecturer Dan Gillmor.

From the announcement:

While Hong Kong has one of the most free media environments in East Asia and China, there are surprisingly few forums for public discourse. Chatter Garden was inspired by other online citizen journalism projects, such as OhmyNews (Korea), Malaysiakini and DailyKOS (US) to engage citizens in discussing regional public affairs. Topics include politics, economy, culture, and "One country, Two systems." Chatter Garden is named after "Chater Garden," the park next to the government Legislative Council building, and a popular gathering place for local political rallies.

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