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Hi, Heidi
Perhaps you misunderstand -- the Collaboratory is not a business seeking revenue. It's a project of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. However, we help our members think through issues and explore opportunities such as business models for…
Hhhmmm for generations news has been a sponsored endeavor. Advertiser paid the way for journalism. I see nothing here speaking of how you plan or who you plan to be sponsoreb by.
This looks like a serious flaw in your stratedgy. May I suggest that…
Anne: I respect your advice, but I do indeed think traffic levels matter, even to local sites. For a couple of reasons:
1) Google News does indeed bring in lots of traffic, if you can get listed there. That's data you can use to support higher adve…
If you're using a CMS that allows you to set up multiple user accounts and specify permissions for each user, and if that function drives the byline that gets displayed, that should do it.
- Amy Gahran
Well, you don't necessarily have to pay the other contributors. If you could just find a way to get some other bylines in there (maybe invite some commentary?) Google won't care about that. They just want to see multiple names.
Google Alerts can be…
Getting listed in Google News is mostly about meeting their technical requirements. Also, have multiple authors on your site.
In my experience, once you jump through those hoops, you can apply for indexing, and then generally you get indexed -- alt…
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- What kind of org do you work for?
- Reynolds Journalism Institute
- What do you do?
- We develop and test ways to improve journalism through new technology and improved processes.
test coveritlive blog
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About Us
THE INCUBATOR CONCEPT:
The RJI Collaboratory works with entrepreneurial journalists, citizens and organizations to create strategies and tools for high-quality Web-based journalism.
WHY we're looking into the incubator concept:
* Problem: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of the good journalism so vi… Continue
The RJI Collaboratory works with entrepreneurial journalists, citizens and organizations to create strategies and tools for high-quality Web-based journalism.
WHY we're looking into the incubator concept:
* Problem: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of the good journalism so vi… Continue
Posted on November 14, 2009 at 2:30pm — 7 Comments
Live Coverage of Nov. 11 NewBizNews HyperCamp
UPDATE: View the live event coverage here
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RJI Collaboratory will provide liveblogging coverage on Wed., Nov. 11 of the New Business Models for (Local) News HyperCamp. The all-day event, a project of City University of New Yo… Continue
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RJI Collaboratory will provide liveblogging coverage on Wed., Nov. 11 of the New Business Models for (Local) News HyperCamp. The all-day event, a project of City University of New Yo… Continue
Posted on November 10, 2009 at 1:00pm —
Hyperlocal Site Wordpress Theme: Free copies to sites that will give feedback
Does your local news site use Wordpress? Or are you wanting to build a local news site in Wordpress? Then read on.
A new Collaboratory member, Darren Hoyt (a web designer specializing in news/magazine/hyperlocal-style sites) would like to extend a special offer that might prove useful to some Collaboratory members.
He's created a pro-level Wordpress theme specifically optmized for the needs of local news sites. It's called… Continue
A new Collaboratory member, Darren Hoyt (a web designer specializing in news/magazine/hyperlocal-style sites) would like to extend a special offer that might prove useful to some Collaboratory members.
He's created a pro-level Wordpress theme specifically optmized for the needs of local news sites. It's called… Continue
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
"Reconstruction" Redux
There's been some fascinating discussion online about the "The Reconstruction of American Journalism" report issued last week by former executive editor of The Washington Post Len Downie, and Michael Schudson, professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism -- the report recommends, in part, an increase in government funding for news.
Much of the back-and-forth has focused on the… Continue
Much of the back-and-forth has focused on the… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment
Fund My Media Startup: Index to Session Transcripts
On Oct. 1, Amy Gahran of the RJI Collaboratory liveblogged Fund My Media Startup, a workshop by J-Lab presented at the conference of the Online News Association in San Francisco.
We've extracted the text from the original CoverItLive liveblog and have posted it as a series of posts, to spur the imagination of Collaboratory participants.
Here is an index to the sessions:
… Continue
We've extracted the text from the original CoverItLive liveblog and have posted it as a series of posts, to spur the imagination of Collaboratory participants.
Here is an index to the sessions:
… Continue
Posted on October 11, 2009 at 11:00pm —
Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 6:34pm on November 19, 2009,
David W Baldwin said… - Thanks! Hopefully some of my stuff makes sense :-o
- At 10:37pm on November 18, 2009,
Tracy Record said…
- When I tried to sign in, the system told me it needed to verify my e-mail address. OK, I thought, that's not unheard of. So when I verified - voila, it told me I had a new account. ????
- At 2:39pm on October 21, 2009,
Robin Phillips said… - Excellent. thanks for the tip on ways to snoop around and see what's going on.
- At 3:20pm on September 16, 2009,
Michael Skoler said… - Thanks for the welcome. I'm glad to be counted among the co-conspirators here.
- At 6:59am on September 11, 2009,
Gina Germani said… - Thank you very much, Adam! I'll start poking around shortly here!
- At 3:40pm on June 29, 2009,
Taylor Walsh said… - Thanks for the welcome Adam. Those freaky bogus users are now turning up on Twitter and sending Follow requests. If she's cute, but has that slightly odd gaze of a tired hooker, banish her!
- At 9:56am on June 10, 2009,
Osha Davidson said… - Thanks. I just attended the week-long Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment, which was great. Your presentation, Adam, was extremely helpful for those of us working to create a new biz model centered on the Web and new media. Since I returned I've added Google Ads to my site and have approached pubs with large online presence about contributing to their blogs (to drive readers to my own site), started looking for corporate underwriters, and most important, added an RJI widget to my site.
- At 9:01pm on May 12, 2009,
Joe Bergantino said…
- It's inspiring to be a part of a group that will hep ensure the survival of journalism.
- At 2:58pm on February 3, 2009,
Owen Taylor said… - Thanks. We're in kind of an expansion mode this year, plus grappling with some new systems and technology, like social networking. I'm kind of looking around for an intern or part-time student help. As much as anything, I want to learn from them. Millennials/Gen-Y'ers have some quirks but also bring some interesting strengths to the table, based on our limited experiences, so far. This would be a position that allowed the student to work remotely. My wife and I operate the business with 1.5 other people. Our main employee lives across the street and two houses down, and we maybe only see her twice a month, so I'm not trying to tie anyone to our little patch of Mississippi.
- At 2:00pm on February 3, 2009,
Rachel Globus said…
- Thanks! I'm excited to get into it more.
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