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The News Frontier

  1. September 28, 2012 02:50 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    Fiction, in serialized and small forms

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals.

    Amazon’s...

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  2. September 14, 2012 02:50 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    Beauty pageants for seniors and case law books for zombies

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals.

    We...

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  3. September 7, 2012 03:15 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    A few words to the wise

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals.

    Kickstarter's gotten some...

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  4. September 7, 2012 06:50 AM

    ICYMI: tweet chats

    Building a community 140 characters at a time

    By Sara Morrison

    Twitter is useful for many things, but its 140-character limit means conversation isn't easily one of them. That doesn't mean people aren't trying. Twitter live chats have sprung up over the past few years and are increasing in popularity, used by movies and businesses as a promotional tool or by communities to foster engagement. Basically, they're a virtual mixer, stripped...

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  5. September 6, 2012 11:00 AM

    CJR Audio: investing in local news startups

    Talking shop with investor/ publishers Alice Rogoff (Alaska Dispatch) and Vincent LoVoi (This Land Press)

    By Michael Meyer

    In most of the startup world, capital is everything. It costs money to build an institution and sustain its growth until the point that revenues can match (and then, hopefully, exceed) expenses. But there’s very little capital in the world of local journalism startups. National brands such as Patch or Journatic that seek to bring scale and efficiency to local...

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  6. August 31, 2012 02:50 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    Printing the Internet and updating an office

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals.

    Hey, you...

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  7. August 24, 2012 02:50 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    Punching up community radio in Iowa and punching out Mike Tyson in 8 bits

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals.

    Ames...

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  8. August 17, 2012 02:58 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    Watching homicides in DC and a good dam love story in NC

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals. When Chris and...

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  9. August 10, 2012 05:00 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    Two region-focused publications: one in New York, the other in the Upper Midwest

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals.

    Noah Rosenberg...

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  10. August 7, 2012 03:53 PM

    ‘Open’ in the age of live tweeting

    How UNITY 2012's student newsroom taught NAHJ a lesson about social media

    By Sara Morrison

    A routine board meeting became the biggest story of last week's UNITY convention after the National Association of Hispanic Journalists President Michele Salcedo refused to allow a student journalist to live tweet during NAHJ's open board meeting.

    UNITY, a quadrennial meeting of minority journalist organizations, features workshops, training sessions, banquets, career expos, and exhibitions. It also has a student newsroom,...

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  11. August 3, 2012 02:50 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    Time-lapse videos of tilt-shifted fish and books about hyperlocal architecture

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals.

    Alex Kaufman...

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  12. July 31, 2012 12:00 PM

    @GuyAdams is #suspended (Updated)

    Did Twitter's Olympics partnership with NBC lead to a journalist's account suspension?

    By Sara Morrison

    Guy Adams is still "trying to get to the bottom of" why his Twitter account was suspended on Monday. The Independent's Los Angeles-based correspondent told CJR in an email that he doesn't know exactly what happened. But the suspicion in the journo-Twitterverse is that it might have something to do with Adams's multiple criticisms of NBC's Olympic coverage on the...

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  13. July 30, 2012 12:30 PM

    New Orleans gets a new Reporter

    NewOrleansReporter.org is one of several news initiatives that will pick up the slack in a post-daily Picayune world

    By Sara Morrison

    News-hungry New Orleanians, take heart: The hole in the city's news scene the cuts to the Times-Picayune's newsroom and print distribution are expected to leave when they take effect (barring a last-minute purchase of the paper) will be filled by no less than three news initiatives, all announced last week.

    NewOrleansReporter.org, a partnership between the University of New Orleans...

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  14. July 27, 2012 02:50 PM

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    Sports for the blind and magazines for young black women

    By Sara Morrison

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely popular to the barely noticed, CJR’s Kickstarter Chronicles is a look through some of these journalistic proposals.

    Just because...

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The News Frontier Feature

CJR’s Guide to Online News Startups

A searchable, living, and ongoing documentation of digital news outlets across the country.

By The Editors

Featuring originally reported profiles and extensive data sets on digital news organizations across the United States, the News Startups Guide is a tool for those who study or pursue online journalism, a window into that world for the uninitiated, and, like any journalistic product, a means by which to shed light on an important topic. We plan to build the News Startups Guide into the most comprehensive resource of its kind.

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