The document discusses the evolution of collaborative journalism, where professionals and amateurs work together to report and discuss stories. It introduces Instablogs, a platform that allows people around the world to read, share, discuss and collaborate on news through community participation. Key features of Instablogs include allowing users to get both local and global news in one place, highlighting citizen journalist submissions, moderated discussion areas, and tools for tracking favorite topics and authors.

1. Collaborative Journalism

10. Instablogs is a conversational platform offering simple tools to facilitate people around the globe to read, share, converse, discuss and collaborate news through community participation .

12. Global snapshot on top of the homepage gives you the most important and interesting news across all of the continents in a very efficient and scan-able format.

14. CJs in Action highlights some of the best stories submitted by the Citizen Journalists throughout the day.

15. Viewpoint. (Everyone has a viewpoint. ) This section has the most heated discussion on the Instablogs every day.

17. Instablogs blends the best features of traditional news sites with the social networking and collaboration features giving control back to the users.

20. Some other exciting features. Local Communities Stories Thread (multiple articles and authors) Revenue Sharing Easy Posting and Newslink Submissions Feature Rich Myblog (Your own Column, ankit.instablogs.com ) Myblog Customization Myblog Stats Tracking New Writer Discovery and Appreciation Mobile integration

21. FEEDBACK and SUGGESTIONS Welcome Email: [email_address] Visit: www.instablogs.com Thank you