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Tag Archives: Knight Digital Media Center
Defining your exit strategy to build a legacy
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
Posted in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Getting Started, Sustainability, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged business, independent publishers, Investigative News Network, Knight Digital Media Center, Knight Foundation, Rusty Coats, The Journalism Accelerator, The McCormick Foundation, The Patterson Foundation
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The future of Block by Block
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
Lessons from Block by Block Super Camp – An experiment in business mentoring
By Janet and Rusty Coats When local independent news publishers gathered for the first Block by Block Community News Summit in September 2010, we heard two recurring themes: First, publishers told us just how much they had needed to connect so … Continue reading
Journalism interns improve coverage, deepen community connections at indie sites
Journalism interns are providing great coverage for NatomasBuzz.com and MyEdmondsnews.com, publishers said. But better yet, the interns also deeply connect the news sites with their communities. For NatomasBuzz.com, a neighborhood in Sacramento, CA., the internship partnership started in January 2011, when … Continue reading
Posted in Operations, Partnerships, Uncategorized
Tagged Brandy Tuzon Boyd, journalism interns, Knight Digital Media Center, MyEdmondsnews.com, Natomasbuzz.com, Teresa Wippel
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It takes 3,750 minutes to run a digital news site
Or so that’s what Oakland Local founder and senior editor Amy Gahran has found in her Content Budget Calculator (link is an Excel spreadsheet), which was posted to and quickly shared on Twitter on Wednesday. The spreadsheet, spotted on hashtag #kdic2011, a … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship
Tagged Amy Gahran, Block by Block, community news, independent hyperlocal, information labor, Knight Digital Media Center, labor management, Oakland Local, reporting time
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Patch by the numbers: Part II
Last week, some of you hopefully read my report on Patch’s content and audience engagement on four different Patch sites. In case you missed it, here it is again (and remember that you can comment either on KDMC’s site or … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged advertising, anna tarkov, Howard Owens, hyperlocal, journalism, KDMC, Knight, Knight Digital Media Center, local advertising, local journalism, local news, Mike Fourcher, online advertising, Patch, patch.com, The Batavian, Warren Webster
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Patch by the numbers: A month-long study
Over the course of August, I’ve been studying four different Patch.com sites for a report for the Knight Digital Media Center. Today, part one has been published which deals with content, comments, user engagement, etc. I hope you’ll all read … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged anna tarkov, Brian Farnham, Howard Owens, hyperlocal, journalism, KDMC, Knight, Knight Digital Media Center, local journalism, local news, Patch, patch.com, Warren Webster
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10 things you need to know about startups
Nice list from Mark Potts (@pottsmark) and #kdmccamp News Entrepreneur Boot Camp – 10 things you need to know about start ups 1. Start ups are really, really hard work 2. They’re not for everybody 3. It’s a constant roller-coaster … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
Tagged entrepreneurship, Knight Digital Media Center, Mark Potts, tips
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