A few examples of user-led news initiatives around the Chile earthquake. We’ll add to this as we spot other user-generated content (UGC) examples.

• New York Times Facebook group: “The New York Times is providing resources and news updates from our journalists in South America and from other sources around the web about the recovery efforts after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile on Feb. 27, 2010.”

• BBC News: your pictures

• Google’s People Finder application (read about it on downloadsquad.com)

• Global Voices Online: Citizen videos

And commentary:

• NewsBusters on the reliance on user-generated content

• Mashable: ‘4.35 million watch Chile earthquake and Hawaii tsunami video streams’