The Guardian is taking its commitment to open journalism further today, releasing an open API for n0tice, its community messaging platform. Launched last fall, n0tice is an amalgam of several things, a community bulletin board, a classifieds service and a local news wire.

In the same way Twitter asks “what’s happening,” n0tice poses the question “what’s happening near you,” and on any given day that could include updates on Olympics-related road closures, public meeting notices or a recipe for a cocktail to celebrate the queen’s jubilee.

In releasing an API for n0tice, the Guardian is inviting businesses, journalists, and others to find new uses for all of the information residents are searching for and sharing every day. “It feels like we’re sitting on this huge bundle of potential and it’s just a matter of continuing to execute,”Matt McAllister, the Guardian’s director of digital strategy, said in an interview.

via The Guardian creates an API for n0tice, its open news platform » Nieman Journalism Lab.