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September 21, 2011 11:39 AM
The Sacramento Press
An ad network helps pay the bills for local news
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — Before October 2008, Ben Ilfeld and Geoff Samek, the founders of The Sacramento Press, had no journalism experience. In college, Ilfeld had studied economics and political science, while Samek had studied computer science. What the Sacramento natives did have in common, though, was a desire to develop a new website emphasizing reader discussion around local news and events. Before long,... -
September 20, 2011 02:23 PM
Open Media Boston
Boston news and progressive commentary
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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — About five years ago, Jason Pramas identified what he calls a "metropolitan news vacuum" in Boston. He noticed that local news outlets were focusing more on beats like entertainment and sports than on local issues like labor strikes, social injustice, and community news. At the time, Pramas was a Ph.D candidate in public policy at the University of Massachusetts-Boston with an acute... -
September 19, 2011 12:31 PM
CNET
The tech news and reviews pioneer
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Looking for the latest news on Dell or Hewlett-Packard, or trying to figure out whether to buy yourself an Apple iPad or one of its competitors in the tablet category? If you are, there's a good chance you're going to end up on CNET. CNET is a technology news website that offers tech product reviews, news, price comparisons, free... -
September 16, 2011 11:16 AM
MyEugene
Community news and citizen journalism for Oregon's second city
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EUGENE, OREGON — Consider MyEugene your full-service hyperlocal news site in the second largest city in Oregon. If you're new to town and want to know where to buy dog food or recycle Styrofoam, just ask Jaculynn Peterson, MyEugene's founder and editor. Like many of MyEugene's readers, Peterson is not native to Eugene or the West Coast. But when she moved there in... -
September 15, 2011 11:13 AM
The San Francisco Appeal
An online newspaper for the Bay Area
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Eve Batey, editor and publisher of The San Francisco Appeal, thinks it's important to stick to the journalism basics. She says that a clean layout, good writing, and quality reporting are what drive a successful publication. SF Appeal has dubbed itself "San Francisco's Online Newspaper." The content is almost entirely locally focused--San Francisco news, culture and entertainment, food, weather,... -
September 14, 2011 02:48 PM
Oswego County Today
An early online news source by a mayor-turned-newsman
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FULTON, NEW YORK — When Mayor Don Bullard lost his bid for re-election as chief executive of the small city of Fulton, N.Y. in 1998, he and three members of his city hall team set out in search of a way to continue working for their community. In the waning years of the last millennium, online news was still a young industry, but the former... -
September 13, 2011 11:23 AM
Buffalo Rising
A grassroots print startup hits its stride online
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BUFFALO, NEW YORK — The mission of Buffalo Rising is embedded in its very name. A decade ago, as Elmwood Avenue shop owner Newell Nussbaumer began to witness a resurgence in his native city, he saw grassroots movements growing and activists who needed a voice. He sought to provide that with Buffalo Rising, first a tri-annual and later a monthly print product, and... -
September 12, 2011 02:32 PM
Stateline.org
Filling a reporting vacuum at statehouses nationwide
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WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — If the diminished ranks of statehouse reporters is one of the most glaring indicators of journalism's current woes, Stateline offers a glimpse of a potentially promising future. The Washington-based website is at the forefront of a number of publications trying to fill the vacuum of state politics coverage left by the shrinking budgets of traditional news organizations. Launched... -
August 18, 2011 12:25 PM
Birthplace Magazine
News and reviews for the NYC hip hop scene
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Birthplace Magazine was created with a mission: to highlight the best of New York hip hop. The name comes from New York's status as the musical genre's hometown. Built on a solid foundation of ideas and expertise, the website has gained momentum, but now faces a number of marketing and editorial challenges before it can continue to expand.... -
August 17, 2011 10:39 AM
Republic Tiger Sports
Extensive sports coverage for a school district in Missouri
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REPUBLIC, MISSOURI — For David Brazeal, the owner, writer, videographer, sole advertising salesman, and occasional play-by-play man for Republic Tiger Sports, his website, which is devoted to the athletic pursuits of the Republic R-III School District, has been a labor of love--but it's also quickly evolved into a fledgling business enterprise. As an alumnus of Republic High School, Brazeal, forty-one, has long had... -
August 16, 2011 11:54 AM
Planet Princeton
One reporter goes from freelance to Facebook to hyperlocal
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PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY — When friends and readers complained to Princeton-based reporter Krystal Knapp that they couldn't find her stories on NJ.com, a combined web presence for papers owned by Advance Publications in New Jersey, she decided to start her own site serving the city she loves. Knapp was, and continues to be, a freelancer for The Times of Trenton, but she wanted... -
August 12, 2011 12:54 PM
Aspen Journalism
Collaborative investigations for a Colorado ski town
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ASPEN, COLORADO — Aspen is one of the few small cities in America that has competing daily newspapers--the Aspen Daily News and The Aspen Times. But after the economic recession in 2008, both papers were forced to severely trim their staff and resources, leading one local journalist to question the future of journalism in the Colorado community of around 60,000... -
August 10, 2011 01:05 PM
The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism
Investigative reporting for the Hawkeye State
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IOWA CITY, IOWA — Stephen Berry worked for over thirty years as an investigative journalist, a tenure that included a seven year stint as an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times and a 1993 Pulitzer for Investigative Journalism while working at the Orlando Sentinel. In 2003, Berry opted to enter the world of academia, becoming a professor of journalism at the University of Iowa.... -
August 9, 2011 10:58 AM
The Big Lead
From independent sports blog to corporate flagship
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The Big Lead first entered the consciousness of the sports media world around 2006, when then-Kansas City Star sports columnist Jason Whitlock trashed a series of colleagues in a flame-throwing interview that, for a few days at least, lit up the Internet. Less than a year after that the site received a bigger, if more unlikely,... -
August 8, 2011 11:49 AM
Deadspin
Gawker Media's sports news success story
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK — For Deadspin, the impish sports wing of the Gawker empire, the presence of a pink gorilla at a hotel meeting between Tommy Craggs, a Deadspin senior editor, and John Walsh, ESPN's executive vice president for content, must have felt like a crowning achievement. The site made its name most recently by publishing pictures of...
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Open Media Boston
News and progressive commentary for The Hub
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- About five years ago, Jason Pramas identified what he calls a "metropolitan news vacuum" in Boston. He noticed that local news outlets were focusing more on beats like entertainment and sports than on local issues like labor strikes, social injustice, and community news. At the time, Pramas was a Ph.D candidate in public policy at the University of Massachusetts-Boston with an acute interest in activism and social media. He decided to fill the void.
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- A2Politico Accountability journalism in Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Alaska Dispatch Enterprise reporting from the Last Frontier
- All Over Albany Conversational news, events, and culture for the New York capital region
- Ars Technica The old guard of tech news, mixing context, the long view, and a sense of humor
- Aspen Journalism Collaborative investigations for a Colorado ski town
- The Awl NYC-based cultural witticism from two Gawker alumni
- Baristanet Conversational hyperlocal news for New Jersey’s Essex County
- The Batavian Small town news and innovation in local online advertising
- The Beachwood Reporter A belligerently informed take on Chicago media, sports, and culture
- The Big Lead From sports blog to corporate flagship
- Birthplace Magazine News and reviews for the NYC hip hop scene
- Bleacher Report A sports news behemoth where fans do the writing, reporting, and search engine optimization
- Boise Guardian Pugnacious reporting on Boise’s institutions
- The Bold Italic Gannett’s bold move in consumer-oriented journalism
- Broward Bulldog Nonprofit investigative journalism for Broward County, Fla.
- Buffalo Rising A grassroots print startup hits its stride online
- Calbuzz No-holds-barred political analysis
- California Watch A watchdog for the Golden State
- CapeCodTODAY.com A hyperlocal (and entrepreneurial) news pioneer
- Capital (New York) Observer vets hope to “do well by being good”
- CaryCitizen Proud proponents of upbeat hyperlocal news
- Center For Investigative Reporting Old-school investigative nonprofit takes to the web
- The Center for Public Integrity Twenty years’ worth of investigative journalism for the public welfare
- The Chicago News Cooperative Newspaper-style journalism for the Chicagoland area
- ClearHealthCosts.com Guiding consumers through the healthcare marketplace
- CNET The tech news and reviews pioneer
- Columbus Underground Entertainment and events coverage with a civic bent
- Common Language Project In-depth human rights reporting and multimedia storytelling
- The Connecticut Mirror Former Courant staffers step up to fill the state’s hard news gap
- Crosscut.com Robust nonprofit local news coverage for Seattle
- CTNewsJunkie Giving the good stuff to Connecticut’s political insiders
- CU-CitizenAccess University-based reporting on poverty in central Illinois
- The Dagger Sharp local reporting for Harford County, Md.
- The Daily Caller Tucker Carlson and co.’s political reporting startup
- The Daily Yonder Local rural news on a national level. Yes, you heard right.
- DavidsonNews.net Ambitious local news site for Davidson, N.C.
- Deadspin Gawker Media's sports news success story
- Delaware First Media News Nonprofit news in text, audio, and video
- DNAinfo Hyperlocal news for Manhattan
- DoD Buzz A (mostly) one-man show reporting on the Pentagon
- ecoRI Community engagement through environmental news (and composting)
- Education News Colorado The “paper of record” for Colorado education policymaking
- E&E; Publishing High-cost subscription coverage of environment and energy policy and markets
- FactCheck.org A “consumer advocate” for voters
- FailedMessiah.com News and investigations from within ultra-orthodox Judaism
- Fair Warning Consumer-oriented investigative journalism
- Fayetteville Flyer A music site that made the leap to general news
- FITSNews Impolitic South Carolina political news
- Florida Center for Investigative Reporting A pioneer bilingual investigative nonprofit
- The Florida Independent Legislative watchdogging and more
- The Forum Local news for four small New Hampshire towns
- Front Porch Forum Social networking and citizen journalism in northern Vermont
- Gapers Block Chicago’s first city-wide news and culture blog
- Gawker Pioneers of Internet snark branch out toward general interest news
- GigaOm The site offers predictive technology coverage, and has itself been a leader in earning web revenue
- GlobalPost A new news agency helping to fill the gaps in foreign reporting
- Gotham Gazette Detailed reporting on New York City governance
- Gothamist A pioneer of the city blog format
- GothamSchools Original reporting on the largest school system in the country
- Great Lakes Echo Sharp science news with a sense of humor
- Grist Irreverent online environmental magazine offers in-depth reporting with “secret sauce”
- HealthNewsReview.org A watchdog for health care journalism
- Hispanic Nashville News for a community within a community
- Hollywood Elsewhere One man channeling a "daily stream-of-Hollywood-consciousness"
- Honolulu Civil Beat A journalistic “civic square”
- The Huffington Post The online news behemoth grows up
- IGN The web’s definitive video game press
- indieWIRE Independent film news for fans, filmmakers, and insiders
- Inner City Press A one-man show reporting on the United Nations
- Innovation Trail Public radio takes to the web to cover upstate New York's transitioning economy
- Inside the Hall The go-to site for Hoosier basketball fanatics
- Inside Facebook Data-heavy news and analysis of the Internet's hottest property
- Intersections South Los Angeles USC students report on their neighboring communities
- InvestigateWest Investigative journalism for the Pacific Northwest
- Investigative Reporting Workshop Multimedia reporting in a university setting
- The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism Investigative reporting for the Hawkeye State
- The Iowa Independent An early member of the American Independent News Network, all grown up
- The Iowa Republican Reporting-heavy partisan news
- Jersey City Independent Eye-opening alternative news for a bedroom community on the Hudson
- Journal Watchdog A print startup’s bold online muckracking operation
- The Lens Investigative reporting on The Big Easy
- Lexington Commons A voice for Lexington’s nonprofit organizations
- LiveScience Science news at light speed
- The Locust Fork News-Journal A one-man purveyor of mobile journalism performance art
- The Los Angeles Review of Books A book review section for a post-print age
- LymeLine Hyperlocal news for two small Connecticut towns
- Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Filling the reporting gap in Maine’s state capital
- Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting A one-man investigative unit in the heartland
- MinnPost The Twin Cities startup is seeking loyal readers for hard news
- MyEugene Community news and citizen journalism for Oregon's second city
- NJ Spotlight Trenton’s statehouse startup
- NEast Philly Neighborhood news for working-class Philadelphia
- Nebraska Watchdog Think tank-funded investigations for the Cornhusker State
- Neon Tommy A student-run news site with a national reputation
- Nevada News Bureau Franklin Center-affiliated statehouse news for the Battle Born State
- New England Center for Investigative Reporting Hard-hitting investigations in and around the Boston area
- New Hampshire Watchdog Long-term investigations, libertarian style
- New Haven Independent Connecticut-based leader in nonprofit community news
- New West News, analysis, and culture reporting for the Rocky Mountain region
- The News Outlet College students report local news for northeastern Ohio
- NJ Spotlight Trenton’s statehouse startup
- Oakland Local Susan Mernit & co. cover their corner of the Bay
- Obit Magazine Making the most of the dead beat
- Oklahoma Watch An investigative nonprofit for the Sooner State
- Open Media Boston Boston news and progressive commentary
- OpenSecrets.org Exhaustive reporting on money in politics
- Oswego County Today An early online news source by a mayor-turned-newsman
- Ozarks Unbound One man (and three contributors) in the wide world of northwest Arkansas
- paidContent Covering the business of digital media since 2002
- PatersonPress.com Hard news meets hyperlocal in Paterson, N.J.
- Peach Pundit Conservative local political commentary from the founders of RedState
- Philadelphia Neighborhoods Award-winning student journalism from Temple University
- Pitchfork The prolific online music reviewer/kingmaker
- PlanPhilly Reporting on urban planning and Philadelphia’s changing neighborhoods
- Planet Princeton One reporter goes from freelance to Facebook to hyperlocal
- Politico The site that defined the twenty-four-hour news cycle
- PopMatters Pop culture criticism with an academic bent
- Portland Afoot Portland-based transportation advocacy
- ThePortlander Portland-centric news with a casual flair
- The Post Social media gurus of South Dakota
- Prince of Petworth Purveyor of D.C. local news and oddities
- ProPublica The web’s best-known muckraker
- Publicola Extensive political coverage for Seattle and Washington state
- Quorum Report A pioneer in niche online coverage, reporting on Texas politics since 1998
- The Rapidian Grand Rapids-based citizen journalism
- Remapping Debate An NYC-based site that seeks to throw a wrench in conventional wisdom on public policy
- Republic Tiger Sports Extensive sports coverage for a school district in Missouri
- Rio Grande Guardian An online-only news source for South Texas
- Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network Investigative journalism with statewide import and local impact
- The Root A strong online presence for the African American press
- Rust Wire Reporting on urban and social issues in the Rust Belt
- RVANews Richmond’s online-only news source
- The Sacramento Press An ad network helps pay the bills for local news
- The St. Louis Beacon “News that matters” for St. Louis
- Salon The general interest online magazine has learned to get specific
- The San Francisco Appeal An online newspaper for the Bay Area
- The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University The first university-based investigative nonprofit
- Seattle PostGlobe Seattle-centric reporting and aggregation, and a place for former Post-Intelligencer staffers to practice their craft (DEFUNCT)
- Slant Omnivorous pop culture criticism
- Slate The Internet’s old guard general interest publication has never slowed down
- Small Wars Journal An information hub and blogging network for some of the biggest names in military thought
- Solutions Colorado’s source for health policy reporting and discussion
- Sports Gab Network A network of over seventy sports blogs with a special focus on the NFL
- Stateline.org Filling a reporting vacuum at statehouses nationwide
- Street Fight A news source for the burgeoning hyperlocal industry
- Streetsblog Public transportation reporters/advocates in NYC, DC, LA, and SF
- Summit County Citizens Voice Local news and environment coverage for Summit County, Colo.
- Talking Points Memo The pioneer of web-based political journalism
- TechCrunch The tech startup news news startup
- Technically Philly Detailed coverage of the Philadelphia tech scene
- The Texas Tribune Political reporting and investigations for the Lone Star State
- Theme Park Insider News and reviews for theme park enthusiasts
- This Land Press Place-based literary journalism in and about Oklahoma
- TucsonSentinel.com Continuing an underdog media legacy in Tucson
- Twin Cities Daily Planet Citizen-powered local news for Minneapolis and St. Paul
- Universal Hub A wicked smart Boston hyperlocal
- UtahPolicy.com Political news for Beehive State political insiders
- voiceofsandiego.org A nonprofit news innovator in Southern California
- VTDigger.org Deep coverage for the Green Mountain State
- The Watchdog Institute Investigative journalism for San Diego and beyond
- Watchdog New England A catalyst for investigative reporting in Boston and beyond
- Watershed Post News and environmental reporting for the Catskills
- West Virginia Watchdog Think tank-funded West Virginia political news and investigations
- Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Investigative reporting for the Badger State
- WyoFile Enterprise reporting for the Equality State
- Yale Environment 360 In-depth environmental news, commentary, and analysis
