Author Archive
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Guide to Online News Startups
Honolulu Civil Beat
February 23, 2011 06:32 PMHONOLULU, HAWAII — Honolulu Civil Beat is the brainchild of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and former eBay exec Randy Ching, both of whom... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Portland Afoot
January 21, 2011 03:25 PMPORTLAND, OREGON — In a culture where the car is often the primary mode of transportation, the web/print hybrid Portland Afoot has set out... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
The Rapidian
January 14, 2011 12:47 PMGRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — Grand Rapids-based The Rapidian takes the concept of grassroots citizen journalism to heart. A community-wide project, operating under a for-us/by-us ethos,... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
The Chicago News Cooperative
January 5, 2011 08:37 PMCHICAGO, ILLINOIS — [UPDATE: On February 20, 2012, Chicago News Cooperative editor and CEO James O'Shea announced that CNC was suspending its website, as... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
WyoFile
January 5, 2011 07:19 PMCASPER, WYOMING — Even though WyoFile covers the goings-on of the least populous state in the union, it still finds plenty of stories to... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Streetsblog
January 5, 2011 06:08 PMNEW YORK, NEW YORK — Transport-obsessed site Streetsblog--which focuses on everything from bike lines to subway fare hikes--was born, appropriately, in transport-obsessed New York City.... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
The Awl
January 4, 2011 04:37 PMNEW YORK, NEW YORK — The team at New York City-based The Awl has some advice for anybody waiting on some seed funding to... Continue reading
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Bio
Alex Fekula
Alex Fekula is a contributor to CJR.
Desks
The Audit Business
- Reuters’s OKC gusher Its outstanding Chesapeake Energy investigation turns toward the gas driller SandRidge
- Audit Notes: insider trading versus CDO fraud, 401(k)s, lead and crime Rough treatment for inside-trading suspects contrasts with CDO probes
The Observatory Science
- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
- Call in the math club Science reporters can help ward off a “Big Data bubble”
United States Project Politics & Policy
- The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
- Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe) The need to put political bargaining positions in context
Behind the News The Media
- German bill would charge for aggregation The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
- Gun permit data wasn’t maximized The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Wed 12:13 PM
- Pass the #popcorn
- Should Center Square Journal shut down?
- Must-reads of the week
- WaPo: Got agency?
- On building trust
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Mon 3:27 PM
- ACEsTooHigh.com Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
- ACEsConnection.com A niche social network for professionals working in science, education, and policy related to childhood trauma
