JANJAN

JANJAN (Japanese: ジャンジャン), short for Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures (Japanese: さまざまな正義せいぎと新あたらしい文化ぶんかのために日本にっぽんから発信はっしんするもう一ひとつのニュース), was a Japanese online newspaper started by Ken Takeuchi, journalist and former mayor of Kamakura, Kanagawa. Launched in February 2003, the newspaper is credited for pioneering citizen journalism in Japan.^[1] After registration, anyone was free to post comments on the JANJAN website. However, there were different windows for registering depending on the nationality or ethnicity of the potential poster (i.e. a different one for "Foreigners" (外国がいこくの方ほう) and Japanese).

The bulk of the newspaper's revenue came from advertisements by its corporate sponsor.^[2] Due a lack of revenue, the newspaper ceased publication at the end of March 2010. In May of the same year, it was replaced by a journalistic blog named "JanJanBlog", which was operated until 31 December 2013. As of February 2014^[update], articles on both the newspaper and blog are no longer available.

References

^ "市民しみん記者きしゃ「モノ」申もうす". Asahi Shimbun. 2008-01-22. Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 日本にっぽんでは「市民しみんの、市民しみんによる、市民しみんのためのメディア」を掲かかげて０３年ねん２月がつに創刊そうかんしたＪａｎＪａｎが草分くさわけ。
^ "市民しみん参加さんか型がたメディア苦戦くせん…収入しゅうにゅう伸のびず、ブログに押おされ". Yomiuri Online. 2009-05-02. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05.

The article was originally a partial translation of the corresponding article (October 1, 2007) in Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

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[1] "市民しみん記者きしゃ「モノ」申もうす". Asahi Shimbun. 2008-01-22. Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 日本にっぽんでは「市民しみんの、市民しみんによる、市民しみんのためのメディア」を掲かかげて０３年ねん２月がつに創刊そうかんしたＪａｎＪａｎが草分くさわけ。

[2] "市民しみん参加さんか型がたメディア苦戦くせん…収入しゅうにゅう伸のびず、ブログに押おされ". Yomiuri Online. 2009-05-02. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05.

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