Steve Yelvington, one of the principals at Morris Digital Works, announces the launch of BlufftonToday.com. BlufftonToday is another citizen's journalism driven effort. While not ridiculously new, it's been going on in Vancouver (among other places) for a while, this might be portending a trend. Guys like Yelvington have major legitimacy within the news industry, validation from him, Dan Gillmor, Jay Rosen et. al. give other folks cover. Mavericks and innovators at news organizations won't have such a tough row to hoe.
Don't get me wrong, it's really early and unclear how the business angle will work out. However, an environment of considered experimentation is a good thing.
Besides, I just like pointing at stuff that's influenced, however tangentially, by goskokie.com.