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Guide to Online News Startups
West Philly Local
March 27, 2012 01:19 PMPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — Just across the Schuylkill River from Center City Philadelphia, Western Philadelphia--or "West Philly," as the locals call it--is home to about 50,000 people, many... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Charlottesville Tomorrow
February 23, 2012 05:33 PMCHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA — Although Charlottesville Tomorrow publishes a new story almost every day and has a close partnership with the local newspaper, it... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Plymouth Daily News
February 2, 2012 11:12 AMPLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — For almost two decades, editor and publisher Walter Brooks and his family have run online media ventures in several Massachusetts communities. Starting... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Sheepshead Bites
January 25, 2012 12:56 AMBROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Nearly four years ago, the late renowned Brooklyn blogger Robert Guskind pointed out in his coverage of the 2008... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
The Austin Bulldog
December 12, 2011 11:24 AMAUSTIN, TEXAS — In January of 2011, Ken Martin, the founder, editor, and publisher of The Austin Bulldog, an independent nonprofit investigative news... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
CountyNewsLIVE.com
December 8, 2011 04:11 PMHERMANN, MISSOURI — Although the homepage of Gasconade County's CountyNewsLIVE.com has the look and feel of a simple, straightforward blog, it is actually... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
MyVeronaNJ.com
October 31, 2011 01:52 PMVERONA, NEW JERSEY — Editor Virginia Citrano has worked at the intersection of journalism and technology for nearly three decades. In 1983, she was hired... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
SomervilleToday.com
October 26, 2011 03:33 PMSOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY — When he relocated to New Jersey in 1987, publisher and editor Loren Fisher already had an extensive journalistic résumé. Starting in... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
My Edmonds News
October 12, 2011 12:02 PMEDMONDS, WASHINGTON — Since graduating from Seattle University in 1979 with a journalism degree, Teresa Wippel's career has veered in and out of journalism, but... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
The Sacramento Press
September 21, 2011 11:39 AMSACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — Before October 2008, Ben Ilfeld and Geoff Samek, the founders of The Sacramento Press, had no journalism experience. In college,... Continue reading
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Bio
Caitlin Kasunich
Caitlin Kasunich is a contributor to CJR.
Desks
The Audit Business
- Reuters’s OKC gusher Its outstanding Chesapeake Energy investigation turns toward the gas driller SandRidge
- Audit Notes: insider trading versus CDO fraud, 401(k)s, lead and crime Rough treatment for inside-trading suspects contrasts with CDO probes
The Observatory Science
- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
- Call in the math club Science reporters can help ward off a “Big Data bubble”
United States Project Politics & Policy
- The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
- Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe) The need to put political bargaining positions in context
Behind the News The Media
- German bill would charge for aggregation The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
- Gun permit data wasn’t maximized The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
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- On building trust
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Mon 3:27 PM
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