Lisa Williams is the founder of H2otown, a nationally recognized news and community site for Watertown, MA. She also founded and runs Placeblogger.com, the largest directory of independent local blogs.

Dan Gillmor is the director of the Center for Citizen Media and author of We The Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, For the People.

Jane Mackay is a freelance writer who is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.

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Special thanks to Craig Newmark for his support in producing this report.