The Arab media's first citizen journalism project

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Citizen journalism is reaching all corners of the world: Jaridtak is the Arab world's first foray into citizen journalism, basing its entire content on submissions from 30 citizen reporters. Based in Lebanon, the site is written in Arabic.

An interview with the site's creator revealed this nugget of info:

I think traditional journalism is withering away. Newspapers no longer satisfy the readers, that is the reason why we are seeing this kind of journalism emerge. The readers don't find what they're looking for in today's newspapers, and they all have something to say

The site began in late March so it is still early days. But if the Arab world clamors to Jaridtak like South Korea has flocked to ohmynews, expect a tidal sea of change in Middle East reportage. I think if any region needs citizen journalism most, it's the Middle East.