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Defining your exit strategy to build a legacy
It felt odd to consider “exit strategy” at the recent Community Journalism Executive Training program (CJET), which brought nearly three dozen news organizations to Los Angeles for two days of intense, hands-on work?developing specific business strategies and action plans. After … Continue reading
Posted in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Getting Started, Sustainability, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged business, independent publishers, Investigative News Network, Knight Digital Media Center, Knight Foundation, Rusty Coats, The Journalism Accelerator, The McCormick Foundation, The Patterson Foundation
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Eleanor Cippel’s tough love on sales for community news publishers at BxB12
At BlockbyBlock,Community News Summit 2012, Eleanor Cippel of E.W. Scripps, gave the 125 publishers in attendance tough love on what commitment to sales looks like in term of time and discipline. Her talk comes from her experience coaching Block by Block Super Camp publishers. Continue reading
Posted in BlockbyBlock, Entrepreneurship, Operations, Revenue, Sales, Super Camp
Tagged advertising, Block by Block Community News Summit 2012, business, Eleanor Cippel
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BlockbyBlock 2012 kicks off: Publishers discuss the art of the business pivot
Rusty Coats, principal of?Coats2Coats, ?kicked off the opening panel of the?2012?BlockbyBlock Community News Summit?challenging local indie online news publishers to honestly answer three questions: Is this my hobby or is this my full-time job? What pivots has your business … Continue reading
Good financial order spells success for news entrepreneurs
By Suzanne McBride No matter your size or business model, you need to get your financial house in order if you want to grow – or just continue operating, says Emily Lowery of Magic City Post. It’s critical that you … Continue reading
Posted in BlockbyBlock, Business Models, Entrepreneurship
Tagged business, business plan, cash flow, equity, financials, income, investor, MBA
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Lessons from Block by Block Super Camp – An experiment in business mentoring
By Janet and Rusty Coats When local independent news publishers gathered for the first Block by Block Community News Summit?in September 2010, we heard two recurring themes: First, publishers told us just how much they had needed to connect so … Continue reading
20 community news publishers will get Knight training
Twenty community news publishers challenged by the business aspects of running their news sites will receive expert coaching through the Community Journalism Executive Training (CJET) program, a joint effort of The Patterson Foundation and the Investigative News Network, with $100,000 … Continue reading
Posted in BlockbyBlock, Entrepreneurship, Operations
Tagged business, Janet Coats, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Knight Foundation, Los Angeles, Patterson Foundation, Publishing, SuperCamp
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Hometown passion fuels local news, indie publishers in NJ
The founder of? TheAlternativePress.com in New Jersey thinks hometown passion and a licensing package are the winning equation for making online publishing work for communities and for locally grown journalist entrepreneurs. In a?“teach me to fish” strategy,?TheAlternativePress.com?has begun selling a … Continue reading
JA Forum on revenue and collaboration: seasoned perspective illuminates possibility
Impact, depth, and revenue. All are clearly potential benefits of collaboration in journalism. Tuesday on the Journalism Accelerator / CollabSpace conversation on collaboration and revenue we dug into how, when and why to collaborate. Michael Stoll of San Francisco Public … Continue reading
Many ways to listen: Takeaways from my time at the JA
Hello, BxBers! I’ve recently left the Journalism Accelerator, but not before learning a few valuable lessons for measuring and maintaining engagement. I’ve crossposted my goodbye on the JA and hope it will provide you with some fresh ideas for community … Continue reading
Funders and publishers explore the question: What does ‘sustainability’ really mean?
By Janet Coats In December, The Patterson Foundation and the Investigative News Network invited representatives from national foundations that have been supporting independent and non-profit journalism to participate in a February conversation about financial sustainability for journalism’s startups. The idea … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Foundations, Networked Journalism, Revenue, Super Camp, Sustainability
Tagged community journalism, INN, investigative journalism, nonprofit, revenue models, sustainability
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