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September 28, 2012 02:50 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Fiction, in serialized and small forms
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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September 14, 2012 02:50 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Beauty pageants for seniors and case law books for zombies
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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September 7, 2012 03:15 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
A few words to the wise
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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September 7, 2012 06:50 AM
ICYMI: tweet chats
Building a community 140 characters at a time
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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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)
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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August 31, 2012 02:50 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Printing the Internet and updating an office
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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August 24, 2012 02:50 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Punching up community radio in Iowa and punching out Mike Tyson in 8 bits
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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August 17, 2012 02:58 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Watching homicides in DC and a good dam love story in NC
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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August 10, 2012 05:00 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Two region-focused publications: one in New York, the other in the Upper Midwest
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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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
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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August 3, 2012 02:50 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Time-lapse videos of tilt-shifted fish and books about hyperlocal architecture
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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July 31, 2012 12:00 PM
@GuyAdams is #suspended (Updated)
Did Twitter's Olympics partnership with NBC lead to a journalist's account suspension?
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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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
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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July 27, 2012 02:50 PM
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Sports for the blind and magazines for young black women
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.
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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The News Frontier, our exploration of the future of journalism in the digital age, will serve as a scout into the shifting news terrain. We will report on the new ways of gathering, presenting, and financing the news, and we curate some of the best general thinking about the future of news, in order to provide an informed and collective vision of that future.
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The Audit Business
- Audit Notes: pyramid people, Disney and ABC, no USA Today paywall Roddy Boyd digs into a diet-shake pyramid scheme
- Hot air Rises Above on CNBC An anchor pins a minor dip in stocks on the TV appearance of a minor politician
The Observatory Science
- Dull news from Doha UN climate summit a ho-hum affair for the press
- Highway to the danger zone Following Sandy, HuffPo and NYT dig into the folly of coastal development
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- NBC News sets good example for Medicare reporting People perspective leads to clear explanation of impact of proposed changes
- In Pennsylvania, a niche site with wide reach PoliticsPA drives political conversation in Keystone State
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