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Chi-Town Daily Discloses Costs for Donations
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
The Chicago-based Chi-Town Daily News, a nonprofit metro news site that launched in December 2005, has set up a new kind of tip jar this month. As a way to pull in more funding, the site now tells readers the value of every article they read before requesting donations to support its ongoing coverage. “Reader […]
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ESPN Shoots for Hyperlocal
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
ESPN is extending its reach into hyperlocal sports coverage with plans to launch metro-based websites around the country, The New York Times reported today. As part of a trial run that started with ESPN Chicago, the self-proclaimed “world leader in sports” is gearing up to add three new cities to its target list: New York, […]
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News Innovators on the Frontline: Texas Watchdog
Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
Two and half years ago, Trent Seibert, of Texas Watchdog, saw the potential for a local online investigative news outlet. Having worked in both journalism — at The Tennessean and The Denver Post — as well government accountability — at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research — Trent had all the right credentials. Fortunately, a […]
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A Budding Investigative News Network
Posted on 14. Jul, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
Watchdog journalism has a viable future. Twenty-five nonprofit news organizations recently came together to form the beginnings of an investigative news network to fill in the growing void left by newspapers. Some of the budding network’s members include Bill Buzenberg, executive director of The Center for Public Integrity, and Leonard Downie, Jr., former executive editor […]
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News Innovators on the Frontline: MGoBlog
Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
Brian Cook — a longtime University of Michigan sports fan — runs MGoBlog.com as a solo operation and brings in enough money to keep his blog up to speed with the likes of freshman quarterback Denard Robinson. Brian launched his site in December 2004 and has watched its audience grow to 100,000 unique visitors to […]
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Calling all Moms (that Blog)
Posted on 02. Jul, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
Over the past week we’ve been reaching out to hyperlocal and highly targeted news sites to find out what business models they use to sustain and grow their businesses (see Matt’s post below.) One of the quickest growing trends in blogging these days — along with sports, music, food and local news — is mom […]
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An Iranian Journalist’s Invaluable Cause
Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
Every journalist deserves to get paid for bringing new information to the public. Especially those who face direct opposition from foreign military regimes. This morning I heard an NPR piece titled ‘Bureau Tehran,’ Live From Massachusetts. The subject of the story was Iranian journalist Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, who runs her news site Tehran Bureau from […]
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Shaping the Future
Posted on 26. Jun, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
The rapid erosion of the newspaper business has resulted in a lot of smart folks giving new thought to the future of journalism. As part of our research for the new business models for news project, we’re providing summaries and links to reports, studies, essays and conferences that bring value to the discussion. Take a […]
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The Potential Value of Online News
Posted on 23. Jun, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
Here’s a sign that news still has some $ value. American newspaper consumers are willing to pay 68% of what they spend on their daily papers when it comes to online news, a PricewaterhouseCoopers study shows. Whether or not that’s enough to sustain an online-only business model (considering the lack of advertising dollars floating around […]
