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RJI Collaboratory replied to Brian Chorley's discussion 'How does a Journalist start up a new hyperlocal site?' in the group Hyperlocal Journalism Business Model

Two resources on the Collaboratory that might make a good start are are Building Blocks group and our JurnosWiki project, which also includes a good array of info on business asessment. Hope you find these useful. And definitely suggest other resour…

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Brian Chorley replied to Brian Chorley's discussion 'How does a Journalist start up a new hyperlocal site?' in the group Hyperlocal Journalism Business Model

Hi Len, I just tried messaging you , but it didn't work for some reason. Please email me at BCDownline@gmail.com if you'd like to talk outside of this forum. Thanks for asking about starting up your local online paper. I work for Jeff Noedel at ww…

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Brian Chorley replied to Brian Chorley's discussion 'How does a Journalist start up a new hyperlocal site?' in the group Hyperlocal Journalism Business Model

Hi Len, I just sent you a request so we can send each other messages. I have some more info for you on the product we are developing. You can also email me at BCDownline@gmail.com. Thanks, Brian

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Len Levine replied to Brian Chorley's discussion 'How does a Journalist start up a new hyperlocal site?' in the group Hyperlocal Journalism Business Model

I am interested in this topic also. Looking to set up my own local.

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How does a Journalist start up a new hyperlocal site?

What are the steps involved for a journalist, or any other business person for that matter, who wants to start up a hyperlocal site? How easy is the technical side of creating a site? Would this be a barrier to entry for a new journalism grad, or an…

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The goal is to find models (templates) for journalists who want to start sites or blogs to profitably cover local news.

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Doing some market research. Who needs their own news site?

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Creating a wiki-based living "manual" to help entrepreneurial journalists launch new sites that reflect evolving business models for quality web journalism.

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Jane Stevens commented on Brian Chorley's blog post 'Immediate Opening for Journalist in Hermann, MO'

Thanks for posting this job, Brian. I hope you get some inquiries.

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What kind of org do you work for?

self-employed

What do you do?

businessperson, advertising/marketing professional

What strengths/expertise do you have to offer?

We have a great package to get journalists off the ground with their own local site ready to support ads and daily content. I work with a group that has developed a tremendous Drupal Instance for setting up new hyper-local journalist websites. Ongoing support/updates is also being offered. Let me know if you want more info.

Twitter ID?

bchorley

What kind of help/insight do you hope to get from this community?

I would like to learn how to connect to other entreprenuerial journalists and publishers who would benefit from a daily online news business model.

I think we should use the RJI Collaboratory incubator to develop:

Building blocks for geographic- or topic-based local Web news sites, Business assessment tools for local Web news sites

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Immediate Opening for Journalist in Hermann, MO

Hello! I'm not sure if I can post a job here, but I couldn't find any other place on here to discuss or post jobs. The Neighborhood Galaxy Network (NGN) has an immediate position available for our Hermann, MO daily news site. This position is for a daily reporter/editor and a journalism degree is preferred. The person who takes on this full-time position would be reporting on everything going on in Hermann from politics to school sports to local events. We are in the process of expanding our net… Continue

Posted on June 17, 2009 at 9:32pm — 1 Comment

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At 1:16pm on April 17, 2009, Amy Senk said…: I'm not sure your plan would work for me, but I'm interested in the business end of things; how much the franchise costs and how the ad revenue is shared etc.