Comments on: The balance shifts http://newsinnovation.com/2009/11/12/the-balance-shifts/ Discussing the future of news Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracy in W. Seattle http://newsinnovation.com/2009/11/12/the-balance-shifts/#comment-730 Tracy in W. Seattle Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:40:07 +0000 http://newsinnovation.com/?p=2670#comment-730 We were interviewed as part of the research but I don't recall hearing about the actual conference, and funny thing is, I was relatively close by - J-Lab brought me cross-country to D.C. for the conference that Charlotte-Anne mentioned, just two days earlier. While I was there, Debbie Galant mentioned this event. Too late for me to reorganize the travel schedule and try to crash Newbiz. I'm glad Debbie was part of it; but as one of the other hyperlocal news entrepreneurs (we are NOT "bloggers"!!!!!) bringing in six figures, we might have had something to contribute, not to mention helping balance the problem pointed out by Charlotte-Anne. Instead, I listened to some of the stream while working back at home base that day; the last panel with Old Media Facing Off With New Media was the best part - in our little corner of the world, our traffic/readership/participation exponentially outstrips the local old-media outlet, which has gone through stages of ignoring/dismissing us and then demeaning us, none of which has proven to be particularly beneficial for their business. We were interviewed as part of the research but I don’t recall hearing about the actual conference, and funny thing is, I was relatively close by – J-Lab brought me cross-country to D.C. for the conference that Charlotte-Anne mentioned, just two days earlier. While I was there, Debbie Galant mentioned this event. Too late for me to reorganize the travel schedule and try to crash Newbiz.

I’m glad Debbie was part of it; but as one of the other hyperlocal news entrepreneurs (we are NOT “bloggers”!!!!!) bringing in six figures, we might have had something to contribute, not to mention helping balance the problem pointed out by Charlotte-Anne.

Instead, I listened to some of the stream while working back at home base that day; the last panel with Old Media Facing Off With New Media was the best part – in our little corner of the world, our traffic/readership/participation exponentially outstrips the local old-media outlet, which has gone through stages of ignoring/dismissing us and then demeaning us, none of which has proven to be particularly beneficial for their business.

]]> By: Charlotte-Anne Lucas http://newsinnovation.com/2009/11/12/the-balance-shifts/#comment-729 Charlotte-Anne Lucas Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:51:25 +0000 http://newsinnovation.com/?p=2670#comment-729 Jeff - One thing you could address next time is the appalling gender disparity on your panels. Women who have actually "done it" -- run sustainable and profitable online news sites -- are not that hard to find. There are a bunch of us. (See the lineup at New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit this week: http://www.newmediawomen.org/events/register) You can and should do better. Jeff -
One thing you could address next time is the appalling gender disparity on your panels.
Women who have actually “done it” — run sustainable and profitable online news sites — are not that hard to find.
There are a bunch of us.
(See the lineup at New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit this week: http://www.newmediawomen.org/events/register)
You can and should do better.

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