Category Archives: BlockbyBlock

BxB moves on

Posted on June 24, 2013 by MicheleMcLellan

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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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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BxB publishers united in reporting FOR vs ABOUT their communities

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Sally Duros

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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Site criteria, lessons learned, LION discussed in BxB12 closing session

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Sally Duros

                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 →

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The future of Block by Block

Posted on September 20, 2012 by MicheleMcLellan

With the Block by Block summit behind us, I want to share next steps and activities for the Block by Block network. I am excited to report that the BxB network will continue to serve independent publishers and innovators in local … Continue reading →

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Knight Lab Year Two: Progress, use cases and feedback

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Denise Cheng

by Denise Cheng, MIT Center for Civic Media Rich Gordon and his Northwestern colleagues have had a presence at Block by Block for all three years, and under the banner of Knight News Innovation Lab for the last two. At … Continue reading →

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BlockbyBlock 2012 kicks off: Publishers discuss the art of the business pivot

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Sally Duros

  Rusty Coats, principal of Coats2Coats,  kicked off the opening panel of the 2012 BlockbyBlock Community News Summit challenging local indie online news publishers to honestly answer three questions: Is this my hobby or is this my full-time job? What pivots has your business … Continue reading →

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Photos: The first day of BxB 2012

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Howard Owens

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