NewAssignment.net wasn't what I expected of it. In fact, it's quite confusing to figure out what this site is all about. I understood it was a blog, but a blog about what? And who wrote/kept this blog? Being utterly confused I went to their "about" and their "get involved" sections, which to me, shed some light on it. I found out that this isn't just a blog that posted news, or it wasn't just a blog that was user drive. I found that this blog in particular allowed professional journalists and everyday people to come together and "report" stories or even generate new ideas/concepts.
I thought this was really interesting because it seems more and more today, everyday people, are getting involved in journalism, and because of that they need a place to publish those stories (which they feel are most important). NewAssignment.net gives them a place to do that, and gives them a place to communicate, so to say, with professionally trained journalists. I think this site also gives voice to those people who wouldn't necessarily have it otherwise.
So because of that, you could say this site was user driven, since the users are the ones moving this site along. Though, I honestly thought that this site was going to be another site like blufftontoday.com or yourhub.com.
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