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It’s only launched in the beta version so far, but Newsvine is a new online news community you’ll be hearing more about in the near future. Users create their own “columns” which are published on a central site alongside global newswire reports. Everything is linked, tagged, and chatted about. It’s like slashdot for news-news. Or wikinews without the wiki. This is citizen journalism gone big. I’ve played around with it, but none of the homemade news looks very interesting so far. Watch how different sites and activists will begin to use it to promote their own work. And how many people will confuse their columns with their private blogs. Even so, it’s got real potential to help people redefine news for themselves. Which is good, if we are supposed to care and be critical about what’s going on and how things are reported.