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Daily Archives: September 25, 2012
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



