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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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It’s a must: CRM for indie news sites
Whether you are managing an entire sales team for your site or if you’re the lone wolf selling advertising, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system will make your life easier. In Eleanor Cippel’s breakout session, “Turning Prospects into Dollars,” she … Continue reading
Posted in BlockbyBlock, Uncategorized
Tagged Customer relationship management, Eleanor Cippel
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Tech Tools for Community Publishers
Breakout session: Round 1 Tech Tools for Community Publishers– Moderated by Kenny Katzgrau and John Crepezzi, ?owners of Broadstreet Ads, an interactive ad platform. Both are coders and developers. John was formerly lead engineer for Patch. Kenny was formerly with … Continue reading
Posted in BlockbyBlock, Uncategorized
Tagged Block by Block, bxb12, site performance, tech tools
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Crowdfunding attracts the hyperlocal news crowd
Hyperlocal news publishers are increasingly asking their audiences to partner with them and crowdfund special projects using Kickstarter, IndieGogo, Spot.us and Razoo campaigns. Here’s what publishers have to say about crowdfunding.
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Posted in Crowdfunding, Revenue, Uncategorized
Tagged Brian Wheeler, crowdfunding, CvilleTomorrow, DigiDave, Homicide Watch, Indiegogo, Kickstarter, Laura Amico, Razoo, SellABand, Spot.us
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Journalism interns improve coverage, deepen community connections at indie sites
Journalism interns are providing great coverage for?NatomasBuzz.com and MyEdmondsnews.com, publishers said. But better yet,? the interns also deeply connect the news sites with their communities. For NatomasBuzz.com, a neighborhood in Sacramento, CA., the internship partnership started in January 2011, when … Continue reading
Posted in Operations, Partnerships, Uncategorized
Tagged Brandy Tuzon Boyd, journalism interns, Knight Digital Media Center, MyEdmondsnews.com, Natomasbuzz.com, Teresa Wippel
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Oakland Local cited for Occupy Oakland coverage
The Columbia Journalism Review has published a post recognizing Oakland Local‘s all-out coverage of Occupy Oakland protests. After an Oakland Local story about the injury of an Iraq War veteran by police was widely circulated on social media and other … Continue reading
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Tagged breaking news, CJR, community news, Oakland Local, Occupy Oakland, Susan Mernit
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Training the public in media tools builds contributor base for Akron nonprofit news site
The Akronist local news site is not quite a year old, but since its January soft launch editor Chris Miller has built a grassroots network of more than 300 contributors, including 160 media trainees. The site specializes in video reporting … Continue reading
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Tagged Akron, Akronist, hyperlocal, nonprofit community news, Ohio
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Growing a local audience one photo at a time: Case study of MyVeronaNJ
Virginia Citrano founded community news site MyVeronaNJ in Verona, New Jersey, in December 2009. Citrano has been steadily building her site for sustainability and last year she and contributing photographer Fred Goode ran a weekly photo contest “Where in Verona?” … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
Tagged building audience, community engagement, community news, hyperlocal, MyVeronaNJ, New Jersey, photo contest, photo contributor, photo galleries, photos, Verona, Virginia Citrano
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Twitter tips: Make it a community conversation
From Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement & Social Media at the Journal Register Co., some great tips for converting your Twitter stream from a one-way platform to a community conversation. A sampling: – Comment on the links you tweet … Continue reading
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Tagged community engagement, conversation, social media, Steve Buttry, Twitter
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Getting local: Paths to sustainability for nonprofit news
Knight Foundation has just published a new report that details revenue, spending and engagement practices at seven of the larger nonprofit news sites like MinnPost and Voice of San Diego. Their challenges are similar to those of smaller, entrepreneurial independent … Continue reading
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Tagged Crosscut, engagement, Knight Foundation, MinnPost, New Haven Independent, nonprofit, revenue, St. Louis Beacon, sustainability, Texas Tribune, The Bay Citizen, Voice of San Diego
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