CJR's Guide to Online News Startups

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1. May 13, 2013 03:26 PM

   ACEsConnection.com

   A niche social network for professionals working in science, education, and policy related to childhood trauma

   By Maura R. O'Connor

   WINTERS, CA —ACEsConnection.com (ACEs stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences) is a niche social network primarily for professionals in education, criminal justice, public health, and government that work on ACEs related issues. As of May 2013, the network has over 950 members. It is run by journalist Jane Stevens, who founded the network alongside news site ACEsTooHigh.com. To read the Guide to Online News Startups profile...

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2. May 13, 2013 03:27 PM

   ACEsTooHigh.com

   Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma

   By Maura R. O'Connor

   WINTERS, CA — In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of one of the largest studies ever conducted to assess the relationship between childhood trauma and adult well-being. Over the course of two years, 17,000 individuals underwent physical examinations and answered a multitude of questions about their family history. Was a biological parent ever lost through divorce or abandonment? Did...

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3. Mar 28, 2011 01:43 AM

   Education News Colorado

   The "paper of record" for Colorado education policymaking

   By Dohini Patel

   DENVER, COLORADO — Education News Colorado is an online-only news site devoted exclusively to in-depth coverage of Colorado state education news and policy. The site began operating in its present form in 2008, but can trace its roots back to Headfirst Colorado, a state-wide quarterly print magazine that, until current EdNews publisher Alan Gottlieb came aboard in 2006, would have been more accurately described...

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4. May 18, 2011 03:33 PM

   GothamSchools

   Original reporting on the largest school system in the country

   By Arvin Temkar

   NEW YORK, NEW YORK — As battles rage over education reform nationwide, one tiny New York news site reports on New York City's public school system--the nation's largest--with coverage that endeavors to be "fact-based, constructive, and non-ideological." GothamSchools reports on the nitty-gritty of the city's education system, from explaining how schools shut down to analyzing mayoral policies. <li...

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5. May 25, 2011 01:04 PM

   The Connecticut Mirror

   Former Courant staffers step up to fill the state's hard news gap

   By David Downs

   HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT — A tiny, talented, maybe-a-bit-too-earnest team of ex-Hartford Courant staffers is trying to plug the glaring gaps in Connecticut's political coverage at CT Mirror, a sober-minded news startup that chases the sorts of in-depth, investigative political stories that the state's depleted legacy news organizations no longer have the resources to pursue. Working from the state capitol since January 2010, the nonprofit, non-partisan,...

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6. Jul 5, 2012 03:13 PM

   The Hechinger Report

   Strengthening education reporting nationwide

   By Hiten Samtani

   NEW YORK, NY — In September 2011, reporter Jon Marcus wrote a story for The Washington Post which showed that, despite increased enrollment thanks to an expanded G.I. Bill, colleges weren't doing enough to support the unique needs of veterans pursuing higher education. Shortly after the story was published, colleges in the DC area added coordinators to help veterans with services. Over eight...

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