Bayosphere

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Bayosphere.com, launched in May, 2005 by Dan Gillmor, was a citizen journalism project covering the San Francisco Bay Area. Despite tremendous hype, the project was unsuccessful in attracting citizen journalists to file reports in any quantity. Dan Gillmor is still a prominent journalist, author and commentator on technology in the San Francisco Bay Area known for his technology articles while working at the San Jose Mercury News.

In launching the site Gillmor stated:

As you'll see in days and weeks to come, I'll be one of many voices, including yours. I'm a host here, not The Editor. Communities have values; we'll have the kind that make this a place we want to share with visitors and each other. So while our postings and conversations will frequently be impassioned, they'll also be civil. Beyond that, we'll be adding tools that make it easy to join in and to do good work, often collaborating with others.

The site now redirects to Backfence.com. See for detail Mark Pott's Bayosphere blog