CJR's Guide to Online News Startups

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   Organizations filtered by Oregon.

1. Dec 13, 2011 11:28 AM

   Eugene Daily News

   Sports and lifestyle news for Eugene, Oregon

   By David Riedel

   EUGENE, OREGON — When publisher Kelly Asay and his business partner Jeff Tunnell, the two co-owners of the Eugene Daily News, launched the site in February 2011, they had no journalism experience. The entrepreneurs and video game developers thought their expertise with the Internet and digital media would help them avoid the difficulties that some print, radio, and television news outlets have struggled...

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2. Sep 16, 2011 11:16 AM

   MyEugene

   Community news and citizen journalism for Oregon's second city

   By Leah Binkovitz

   EUGENE, OREGON — Consider MyEugene your full-service hyperlocal news site in the second largest city in Oregon. If you're new to town and want to know where to buy dog food or recycle Styrofoam, just ask Jaculynn Peterson, MyEugene's founder and editor. Like many of MyEugene's readers, Peterson is not native to Eugene or the West Coast. But when she moved there in...

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3. Oct 20, 2011 11:41 AM

   Neighborhood Notes

   Hyperlocal news and advertising in Portland, Oregon

   By Maura R. O'Connor

   PORTLAND, OREGON — For hyperlocal news sites, one problem looms above all others: while demand for hyperlocal news is growing in communities around America, the small, location-specific audiences targeted by these sites often don't provide enough web traffic to support an advertising-based revenue model. Can hyperlocal sites become financially viable through other means? This is the problem Neighborhood Notes, a hyperlocal website serving...

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4. Jan 21, 2011 03:25 PM

   Portland Afoot

   Portland-based transportation advocacy

   By Alex Fekula

   PORTLAND, OREGON — In a culture where the car is often the primary mode of transportation, the web/print hybrid Portland Afoot has set out to inform Portland citizens about the wide world of transportation alternatives. After leaving his job as a reporter for The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., founder Michael Andersen felt that he could attract a devoted audience for a new journalism venture...

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5. May 6, 2011 11:27 AM

   ThePortlander

   Portland-centric news with a casual flair

   By Alex Fekula

   PORTLAND, OREGON — When the news broke that the former model and millionaire's widow Anna Nicole Smith had died, the story seemed to capture the interest of virtually every local TV station, major news network, and newspaper. But all Jeff Martens of Portland, Ore. wanted to know was the score of the previous night's high school basketball game. Frustrated by Smith's death dominating the seeming entirety...

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