Again, Christopher Wink, a marketing director for a non-profit homeless project, offers a long list of hyperlocal news sites in the U.S. Some include: Baristanet — Monmounth County, Montclair*, N.J. is home to the grand old lady of profitable hyperlocal news sites. The Batavian (Batavia and Genesee County) — I dig the work of Howard…
Christopher Wink, the marketing director for homeless advocacy non-profit group, provides a very interesting definition of hyperlocal news. “So here’s what I mean by that. The hyperlocal movement is encapsulating some pretty broad, disparate agendas, from (1) citizen journalists covering their neighborhoods or towns of just a few thousand people or even fewer through to…
From the folks at the Mashable.com website, here are eight news media business trends for 2010. They are: Social media monetization Revenue beyond advertising As publications fold, others become lean and mean Growth of hyperlocal and community models Local advertising grows Local advertising model emerge To charge or not to charge The freemium model All…
For those interested in the advocacy aspects of hyperlocal journalism, Robert Niles suggests journalism in 2010 is about community building. It is particularly interesting in the context of civic journalism in the 1980s and public journalism in the 1990s. It appears these movements have migrated online but under new names. Neither of these movements gained…
The Toronto Star launched a new project called Your City, My City, on March 6, focusing on identifying key issues and the people who are trying to address them. The idea is to engage the audience in making Toronto a better city, as well as taking these ideas before those running in the upcoming municipal…
A media all-star with journalism roots in Ontario will be the keynote speaker at the 2010 Ink and Beyond conference, to be held May 13-14 in Toronto. John Paton was the co-founder and innovative CEO of impreMedia, the number one Hispanic news and information company in the U.S. The company has just announced the launch…
This article reviews how Facebook can be used by a hyperlocal news website, as one of several social media tools. As Joni Ayn Alexander writes, other social media tools may be popular, Facebook is where a growing majority seem to be right now.
One financial model being experimented with by hyperlocal news sites is not-for-profit. Instead of advertising generating revenues, subscribers or donors provide the funds necessary to operate. Here are five tips for creating a non-profit community online.
Like a few other large urban newspapers, the Washington Post decided to take a stab at a hyperlocal news site, but without success. It ended last month. Here is one perspective on its demise.