In a 2003 article by Online Journalism Review, J.D. Lasica classifies citizen journalism into 6 catagories:
Audience participation at mainstream news outlets-
this involves user comments attached to news stories, staff weblogs or newsroom-sanctioned blogs,
photo or video footage captured from personal mobile cameras, or local
news written by residents of a community.
Full-fledged participatory news sites- At such sites, citizen-reporters contribute a significant amount of material. Examples of these are OhmyNews and Indymedia.
Collaboritive and contributary media sites- These sites mesh blogs and discsussion boards and allow users to contribute editorial content. Slashdot, Kuro5hinand Metafilter are examples of this.