Today has been a pretty restful day, which I think is good to have once in a while. Tonight I did some reading, and as a result, I found NowPublic via Scoble:
It’s open source news, and even in its infancy it’s richer, faster, more powerful than the infotainment it replaces.
We invite you to join this revolution. Take control of the news. Make it deliver information about your community, your interests, your life. It’s time. The news is nowPublic.
One of the big topics of Gnomedex was that we’re taking back our media. Adam Curry very proudly proclaimed this in his closing keynote address. So while the idea of “open source news” isn’t completely new to me, this was the first time I had ever seen it really implemented. I gave NowPublic a shot tonight, and I must say, it’s kind of neat!
Take a look at the footage I posted about Gnomedex to see how it works. Once you’re a member of NowPublic, you can add news stories, footage, and blog posts. I can’t see how the blog is useful, as I suspect that almost everyone who contributes to the site will already have their own blog somewhere else. Other than that however, I think the site has pretty good potential.
I suppose I can already be considered a “reporter” simply by posting on my own blog, but there’s something uniquely intriguing about being part of a bigger, community run news site.
Read: NowPublic
MasterMaq's Blog 
Hi,
We’ve quietly been working on the next release of NowPublic and it is now – finally – in testing. We still have a few seats left in our beta group so if you’re interested in getting an advanced viewing before we launch please let me know.
In the coming weeks I’ll post additional details here but please feel free to contact me in the meantime. My email address is calder(at)nowpublic(dot)com.
Best,
Calder Lorenz,
Director, Contributor Relations, NowPublic.com