http://www.blockbyblock.us Rebuilding the local news ecosystem one community at a time Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:21:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Defining your exit strategy to build a legacy http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/11/20/defining-your-exit-strategy-to-build-a-legacy/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/11/20/defining-your-exit-strategy-to-build-a-legacy/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:36:53 +0000 Emily Harris http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=842 It felt odd to consider “exit strategy” at the recent Community Journalism Executive Training program (CJET), which brought nearly three dozen news organizations to Los Angeles for two days of intense, hands-on work developing specific business strategies and action plans. After … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/11/20/defining-your-exit-strategy-to-build-a-legacy/feed/ 0 Confused about Facebook Promoted Posts? You are not alone http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/11/12/confused-about-facebook-posts-who-isnt/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/11/12/confused-about-facebook-posts-who-isnt/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:45:23 +0000 Sally Duros http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=836  Some online community news sites aren’t feeling the love from Facebook’s new fee-based service dubbed “Promoted Posts.”  They’re feeling confusion. By now community news sites posting to their Facebook pages will have noticed a drop down tagged “promote” on their posts. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/11/12/confused-about-facebook-posts-who-isnt/feed/ 1 #NJSandy minimized scramble of Hurricane Sandy statewide coverage http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/31/njsandy-took-scramble-out-of-statewide-storm-coverage/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/31/njsandy-took-scramble-out-of-statewide-storm-coverage/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:38:55 +0000 Sally Duros http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=830 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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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/31/njsandy-took-scramble-out-of-statewide-storm-coverage/feed/ 2 How Knight Lab’s Local Circle could lead to ad revenue http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/22/how-knight-labs-local-circle-could-be-route-to-ad-revenue/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/22/how-knight-labs-local-circle-could-be-route-to-ad-revenue/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:57:48 +0000 Sally Duros http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=828 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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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/22/how-knight-labs-local-circle-could-be-route-to-ad-revenue/feed/ 1 Support Us: How to ask your news audience for money http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/11/how-indie-online-news-sites-ask-for-audience-support/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/11/how-indie-online-news-sites-ask-for-audience-support/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:02:09 +0000 Sally Duros http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=821   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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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/11/how-indie-online-news-sites-ask-for-audience-support/feed/ 0 Eleanor Cippel’s tough love on sales for community news publishers at BxB12 http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/01/eleanor-cippel-on-sales-sales-sales-for-community-news-publishers-at-block-by-block-12/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/01/eleanor-cippel-on-sales-sales-sales-for-community-news-publishers-at-block-by-block-12/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:47:07 +0000 Sally Duros http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=817 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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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/10/01/eleanor-cippel-on-sales-sales-sales-for-community-news-publishers-at-block-by-block-12/feed/ 0 BxB publishers united in reporting FOR vs ABOUT their communities http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/25/in-sum/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/25/in-sum/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:44:59 +0000 Sally Duros http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=777 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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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/25/in-sum/feed/ 0 Site criteria, lessons learned, LION discussed in BxB12 closing session http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/25/site-criteria-lessons-learned-lion-discussed-in-bxb12-closing-session/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/25/site-criteria-lessons-learned-lion-discussed-in-bxb12-closing-session/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:40:12 +0000 Sally Duros http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=799                 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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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/25/site-criteria-lessons-learned-lion-discussed-in-bxb12-closing-session/feed/ 1 The future of Block by Block http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/20/the-future-of-block-by-block/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/20/the-future-of-block-by-block/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:50:59 +0000 MicheleMcLellan http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=778 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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]]> http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/20/the-future-of-block-by-block/feed/ 3 Knight Lab Year Two: Progress, use cases and feedback http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/16/knight-lab-bxb12/ http://www.blockbyblock.us/2012/09/16/knight-lab-bxb12/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:26:55 +0000 Denise Cheng http://www.blockbyblock.us/?p=757 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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