Rating Pro Journalists

Buzzflash points us to CyberJournalist which announces:

A new non-profit venture called NewsTrust is developing a "news rating service" that aims to "bring together experienced journalists and citizen reviewers to rate news stories and their sources according to rigorous editorial standards - leveraging online technology to identify high-quality journalism, or 'news you can trust.'"

The goal of this non-partisan project is to help citizens find the information they need to effectively participate in democracy; we also plan to provide constructive feedback to journalists and a moderated conversation space to discuss their work with the public.