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Laid-off Kenosha, Wis., reporter seeks advice on starting non-profit online news community
Denise Lockwood is like thousands of U.S. daily newspaper reporters — she fell victim to staff reductions. But she’s not giving up reporting — she’s pursuing her passion onlline.
Lockwood, an award-winning education and general-assignment reporter, is looking for advice on how to start a non-profit online news and community site for southeastern Wisconsin. She wants to focus on providing the context and background that dailies are being forced by economics to abandon.
One idea Lockwood is pursuing — what do we mean by “participatory democracy?” She worries that it isn’t enough to just vote anymore, that citizens “need to show up” at public meetings.
To learn more about her plans, listen to a 16-minute interview with Bill Densmore of the Media Giraffe Project and Matt Thompson, a 2008-2009 Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow.
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non-profit community news sites
I think this is a great idea as hyperlocal online news sites truly serve the best interests of the public. It’s much more credible if it runs as a non-profit than on the advertising buys of local shops that could very well affect the balance of the coverage.
http://blogdowntown.com — a group blog focused on Downtown LA — is one example of an independent hyperlocal news site that just went non-profit.