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BxB moves on
Block by Block: Community News Summit 2012 was the third and final conference. We’re keeping this site as an archive of resources for online community news publishers. There’s more! Independent publishers have formed their own group, LION Publishers. The membership … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, local news, michele mclellan, Online community, Publishing
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BxB publishers united in reporting FOR vs ABOUT their communities
The secret sauce for effective local indie online news easily boils down to choosing between two words:?FOR ?vs. ABOUT. “Reporters elsewhere write ABOUT our communities. We write FOR our communities,” said David Boraks, Publisher of DavidsonNews.net, at the close of … Continue reading
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Tagged BlockbyBlock, Dylan Smith, Jay Rosen, journalism, LION Publishers, local news, Media, michele mclellan, Publishing, Tucson Sentinel
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Site criteria, lessons learned, LION discussed in BxB12 closing session
In a wide ranging conversation Jay Rosen, journalism professor from New York University, and Michele Mclellan, founder of the BlockbyBlock Community News?Summit, ?discussed the summit’s origin, and the lessons learned about sustaining … Continue reading
Impact counts for hyperlocal news, but how to count it?
What is the impact of journalism? Newsrooms and journalism think tanks —?big and small —?are looking for answers. Why? Embedded within the answers is a better understanding of newsrooms’ added value and a value proposition for sustaining newsrooms – for-profit, NPO and hybrids. Continue reading
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Tagged Aron Pilhofer, Carnival of Journalism, Greg Linch, hyperlocal, Jan Schaffer, JLab, journalism, michele mclellan, New York Times, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Storify
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Google News, indie publishers patiently track each other’s learning curves
By Sally Duros While Google News evolves and learns more about the emerging local news ecosystem, indie?publishers might improve search results by revisiting Google’s technical guidelines for News Publishers. Among the most important are establishing a news sitemap, paying attention … Continue reading
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Tagged Editors' Picks RSS, Google, Google News, Grand Teton Avalanche, Grand Teton National Park, Huffington Post, michele mclellan, News publisher forum, News sitemap, robots, Ruffin Prevost, Searching, technical requirements, The Patterson Foundation, Tucson Sentinel, Webmaster Help Center, Yellowstone Gate
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Follow #bxb11 for indie local news publisher ideas, advice, trends
Block by Block Community News Summit 2011 begins today at 4 pm. Publishers of for-profit and nonprofit community news start-ups will meet in Chicago through Oct. 1 to talk about where they are in the independent hyperlocal business, trends and … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Block by Block, bxb11, community news, community news sustainability, hyperlocal, independent publishers, jessica durkin, journalism, local news, michele mclellan, news summit, RJI Reynolds
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Block by Block: Community News Summit 2011
We’re excited – Block by Block 2011 is getting close. Join us Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in Chicago for another lively gathering of independent online community news publishers. If you’re leading a local online news start up or looking to grow … Continue reading
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Tagged Block by Block Community News Summit 2011, BxB, Chicago, community journalism, hyperlocal, Jay Rosen, jessica durkin, Medill, michele mclellan, mybxb, publishers, RJI, The Patterson Foundation
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The FCC report and ‘hyperlocal’
The Federal Communications Commission released today the 300+ page report “The Information Needs of Communities: The changing media landscape in a broadband age”. The report is an exhaustive overview of modern American media in traditional and emerging formats. The term … Continue reading
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Tagged america online, aol, Block by Block, community news, CUNY, digital age, digital media, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Genachowski, hyperlocal, Jay Rosen, journalism, journalism school, local media, local news, michele mclellan, newspapers, NYU, online news, patch.com, placeblogger
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‘Comments are content’ for local news sites: 8 tips to build community, coverage
What types of stories get comment traction on hyperlocal sites? Block by Block (BxB) surveyed independent, community news site publishers about their top reader engagement tools, and 100 percent of respondents said the comments feature on their CMS platform is … Continue reading →