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Jessica Durkin commented on Amy Senk's blog post 'Another Interesting Lunch Date'

Hi Tracy, when I mentioned the "credibility" statement, I was referring to what I learned during conversation in a breakout session that I was in at Journalism That Matters-Seattle in January. I sat in and recorded a hyperlocal-traditional media col…

February 13

Jessica Durkin commented on Amy Senk's blog post 'More Orange County Media War News'

Thank you for writing this blog post! Interesting information. You are correct about the whole website-before-content direction these publications take. As for the aggregation sites, they are totally underwhelming me. I live in Scranton, PA, and so…

February 6

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Jessica Durkin joined Allan Siegert's group

Hyperlocal Journalism Business Model

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

January 27

Jessica Durkin commented on Amy Senk's blog post 'Another Interesting Lunch Date'

Hi Amy. You bring up and excellent issue. I was just discussing this the other day with some people who I will be doing local news research for over the next few months. I am with Andria on this one. There is an equal pro and con. The Orange County…

January 27

Jessica Durkin commented on Jessica Durkin's blog post 'Call for entrepreneurial journos to help NAHj'

Hi Amy, I apologize for the delay in responding to your comment. We have a committee intact and I found a person in Chicago who not only teaches journalism and new media at the college level, but also runs a blog for Latinas. I am still open to fin…

January 27

RJI Collaboratory commented on Jessica Durkin's blog post 'Call for entrepreneurial journos to help NAHj'

Hi, Jessica Could you be more specific about what qualitifications/experience your looking for in these journalists, other than that they speak Spanish? Thanks, - Amy Gahran

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Call for entrepreneurial journos to help NAHj

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What kind of org do you work for?

self-employed

What do you do?

journalist

What strengths/expertise do you have to offer?

I started a directory on online community news start-ups at http://inothernews.us. I evaluate the sites for content, mission and scope, then post the info. I add to it regularly -- there are more than 60 sites listed today. I am a former newspaper reporter. I was laid off in March 2009 and I do not miss the traditional newsroom. I'm all about tracking entrepreneurial journalism and the new news and how it is serving the public.

Blog URL?

http://inothernews.us

Twitter ID?

@jessdrkn

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

Discuss needs, trends and characteristics of hyperlocal and other news start-ups (for profit or non-profit) with new news staff.

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, "How-To" handbook, Backgrounder on web advertising, News apps and widgets

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Call for entrepreneurial journos to help NAHj

Hi -- the National Association of Hispanic Journalists is looking for some input from entrepreneurial journalists who want to help form training curriculum for our national convention this year in Denver (this summer).

We are forming a planning committee and we need one or two people to advise -- preferrably Latino or Spanish speakers -- ASAP. Sorry for the short notice. Please call Jessica, NAHJ Region 3 director, (I'm a member of this Ning group, and I founded and edit a directory of indep. o… Continue

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At 6:06pm on January 7, 2010, RJI Collaboratory said…: Welcome to the Collaboratory Jessica! Your project sounds fantastic, and I'll be sure to let others in the Collab know about it.

Meanwhile, we welcome your input in our community. To make it easier to get around the network, we've got a "How We're Using This Site" page that provides more detail on the different areas of the Collaboratory and the ways to make best use of them to not only share ideas, but to get projects up and running.

And you can keep track of latest activities on the network by visiting the What's New page.

Anyway, poke around a bit and if you don't see the conversation you want to have or the project you think matters, feel free to start it.

Thanks again for joining us! Adam Glenn on behalf of the RJI Collaboratory