RJI News Collaboratory

We jurnos, entrepreneurs, ad & marketing experts, community organizers, librarians, techies and others figure out niche journalism.

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  • Vikki Porter
  • Helen Fu
  • Mark Potts
  • Jeff Israely
  • Aitamurto Tanja
  • Jessica Durkin
  • Eric Wotila
  • Bob Calo
  • Tresaca Hamilton
  • Jerry W. Lewis
  • Robin Phillips
  • Saleem Khan
  • Anne C. Nagel
  • Michael Skoler
  • Andrea Frainier
  • Gina Germani

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Check out this post from Dan Gillmor, on the future of journalism education. He provides a great list of suggestions, and every J-school in the country would serve their students well by adopting the list. There's something that he didn't mention, t…
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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…
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Hannah Rappleye is now a member of RJI News Collaboratory
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Amy Senk added a blog post
In the new year, Orange County has seen the start of two different websites that aggregate local news using small community papers. First, Tribune started The OC Now. Then this week, they cooperated with the Local News Network to launch The Orange…
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Amy Senk and RJI Collaboratory are now friends
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Jessica Durkin and Adam Glenn are now friends
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Jane Stevens added a blog post
The shift to niche marches on. In addition to this investment, according to a MediaPost article, Glam Media is going to build a Digital Media Technology Center, and, by the way, their women's division is profitable. Glam Media comprises about 1,100…
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Vikki Porter, Helen Fu, Mark Potts and 2 more joined RJI News Collaboratory
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Jane Stevens

Dan Gillmor on the future of journalism ed

Check out this post from Dan Gillmor, on the future of journalism education. He provides a great list of suggestions, and every J-school in the country would serve their students well by adopting the list. There's something that he didn't mention, though: How do you move a faculty entrenched in legacy media to change to adopt a modern approach?

Academia has four significant characteristics that bode agai… Continue

Posted by Jane Stevens on February 7, 2010 at 7:30pm

RJI Collaboratory

Free training from Knight Digital Media Center: APPLY NOW!

The Knight Digital Media Center, a great resource for digital journalists, has some upcoming training opportunities that might be especially useful for entrepreneurial journalists working on niche or hyperlocal venues.

Apply by the deadlines noted below and you could win fellowships to cover all costs of this training. Deadlines are coming up soon, so apply now. Here's what's on offer:

Continue

Posted by RJI Collaboratory on February 7, 2010 at 5:11pm

RJI Collaboratory

FCC wants your comments on Future of Media by March 8

The FCC recently announced a new "Future of Media" initiative, and they're seeking comments. This is a good opportunity for emerging hyperlocal and niche news outlets to influence national media policy. So if you want your voice heard, speak up by March 8.

I recently wrote a detailed explanation of this project for the Knight Digital Media Center at USC. See:… Continue

Posted by RJI Collaboratory on February 7, 2010 at 4:45pm

RJIWhatsNew

What's New -- Week of Feb. 1, 2010

* Encouraging signs on the niche media front from Glam Media, notes Collaboratory manager Jane Stevens. The niche news network of hundreds of sites, and with a profitable women's division, has raised $50 million in venture funding. Why does it matter?

* New Collab member… Continue

Posted by RJIWhatsNew on February 5, 2010 at 2:13pm

Amy Senk

More Orange County Media War News

In the new year, Orange County has seen the start of two different websites that aggregate local news using small community papers.

First, Tribune started The OC Now. Then this week, they cooperated with the Local News Network to launch The Orange County Local News Network. (Here's a local blogger's take on it.)

So now my commun… Continue

Posted by Amy Senk on February 4, 2010 at 1:28pm — 1 Comment

Jane Stevens

Glam Media raises $50 million

The shift to niche marches on. In addition to this investment, according to a MediaPost article, Glam Media is going to build a Digital Media Technology Center, and, by the way, their women's division is profitable.

Glam Media comprises about 1,100 niche news sites from fashion, beauty, living, celebrity & entertainment, lifestyle, health & wellness, shopping, t… Continue

Posted by Jane Stevens on February 3, 2010 at 7:56am

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