Monthly Archives: October 2012

#NJSandy minimized scramble of Hurricane Sandy statewide coverage

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Sally Duros

Debbie Galant had decided to experiment with a live-blogging tool called ScribbleLive she’d encountered at the ONA gathering in San Francisco. ScribbleLive claimed to simplify curation and aggregation from social networks so reporting could be delivered in a live blog. … Continue reading →

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How Knight Lab’s Local Circle could lead to ad revenue

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Sally Duros

United we stand, divided we fall? Indie news publishers continue to explore what ad revenue sharing could look like. NU’s Knight Innovation Lab’s Rich Gordon discusses an idea called Local Circle that could be relevant. Continue reading →

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Support Us: How to ask your news audience for money

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Sally Duros

  Indie online news sites can ask their audiences for money by stating very simply: “Support Us.” ”I believe there is value in what we do and readers should pay for it,’ said David Boraks of DavidsonNews.Net and Corneliusnews.net. In … Continue reading →

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Eleanor Cippel’s tough love on sales for community news publishers at BxB12

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Sally Duros

At BlockbyBlock,Community News Summit 2012, Eleanor Cippel of E.W. Scripps, gave the 125 publishers in attendance tough love on what commitment to sales looks like in term of time and discipline. Her talk comes from her experience coaching Block by Block Super Camp publishers. Continue reading →

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