The Denver Gazette: A high-profile experiment in citizen journalism is playing out in Denver right now, triggering animated argument on X and Instagram and at least one prominent podcast, as well as prompting an effort by a local media outlet to identify who is behind the anonymous posts.

The platform in question is DoBetterDNVR, which bills itself as a “citizen journalist reporting crowdsourced content,” with the added tagline “Let’s find compassionate, tough-love solutions to homelessness.”

The “citizen” is actually a host of contributors who have gained boatloads of attention, and more than 144,000 followers, by posting unvarnished videos and photos of homeless people and drug users on the streets of Denver, as well as crimes in progress accompanied by impassioned pleas for Denver to do better.

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