CJR's Guide to Online News Startups

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   Organizations filtered by Maryland.

1. Jan 13, 2012 11:47 AM

   Baltimore Brew

   Hard news for Charm City

   By Alex Fekula

   BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — After seventeen years as a staff writer and reporter at The Washington Post, Fern Shen opted to take a buyout amid significant downsizing at the paper. But she wanted to stay in the news business, and felt that Baltimore, the city she called home throughout her time at the Post, needed "more journalistic boots on the ground," as well as "something more...

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2. May 7, 2012 01:46 PM

   Eye on Annapolis

   Unadorned, up-to-the-minute news for Maryland's capital city

   By Maura R. O'Connor

   ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND — Eye on Annapolis, a website covering Maryland's Chesapeake Bay and capital city of Annapolis, has forged a pragmatic model for local news coverage, carving out a niche for itself among the city's media by providing readers quick and frequent news updates. The site focuses on breaking news including traffic reports and crime, as well as a community calendar, coverage of...

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3. Oct 31, 2011 03:15 PM

   Issue Media Group

   A network of feel-good local business news sites

   By Erik Shilling

   DETROIT, MICHIGAN — It's been six years since Paul Schutt and Brian Boyle founded Detroit-based Model D, a business news website that orients itself toward the positive side of the job loss-plagued Motor City. The site was the first of what would turn into Issue Media Group, a network of nineteen city-based websites, from Tampa Bay to <a href=http://www.yongestreetmedia.com...

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4. Feb 24, 2012 01:06 PM

   Patch (Maryland)

   AOL's fast-growing hyperlocal network

   By AJ Hudson

   A relatively small state geographically, Maryland is home to a huge number of Patch sites. There are currently fifty-two live sites, with more in the works. Home to both Baltimore and D.C. suburbs, the state is a prime spot for Patch's strategy of targeting affluent, technologically savvy communities. Read CJR's full profile of the Patch network here. Patch has launched more than 860...

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5. Dec 12, 2011 12:09 PM

   TBD

   D.C. arts, culture, and events listings from a once-anointed champion of the local web

   By Armin Rosen

   ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — When Washington, DC-area website TBD launched in August of 2010, it was supposed to shake up the entire media landscape. A local news website with the backing of multiple local television stations and a major legacy media brand, it would combine new media aggregation and reporting methods with old media resources. Politico parent company Allbritton had committed five years of...

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6. Mar 24, 2011 04:14 PM

   The Dagger

   Sharp local reporting for Harford County, Md.

   By Alex Fekula

   BEL AIR, MARYLAND — Harford County, Maryland-based journalist Brian Goodman wanted to start a band. He had a name picked out: The Dagger. After plans for the band fizzled, Goodman decided to take the name and start a local news blog instead. The journalistic ensemble known as The Dagger officially debuted in April of 2007, and has since evolved into a popular alternative news resource...

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