Comments on: Center for Independent Media: Four lessons from a nonprofit that raised $11.5 million in four short years

By: What makes a nonprofit news org legit? Three other questions to separate journalism from advocacy » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism

Mon, 09 May 2011 14:16:39 +0000

[...] borrowed this third question from my old boss and publisher of the Independent, David Bennahum. Our efforts to get Senate press credentials were denied because of our funding model of foundation [...]

By: Experiment gescheitert « EJO – European Journalism Observatory

Experiment gescheitert « EJO – European Journalism Observatory — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:24:45 +0000

[...] journalistische Experiment gelang, das finanzielle jedoch nicht. Während laut Informationen des Nieman Journalism Lab in den Jahren 2006, 2007 und 2008 noch 8,3 Millionen US-Dollar durch Fundraising eingenommen werden [...]

By: The Washington Independent is folding, the CEO goes over the books and outlines the lessons he’s learned » Nieman Journalism Lab

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:01:54 +0000

[...] sites. Back in January, Bennahum told me that in the first five years the organization existed, he’d raised $11.5 million. With that kind of impressive fundraising, what went wrong? And what kind of outlook do other [...]

By: Center for Public Integrity changes up its audience strategy to build a new revenue stream from readers » Nieman Journalism Lab

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:11:37 +0000

[...] news outlets reach an audience in different ways. To borrow an analogy, imagine that there are two camps: wholesalers and retailers. Under the wholesale [...]

By: News Leadership 3.0 — Promising community news sites – An update | The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in Democracies

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:49:42 +0000

[...] Coming in 2010: Bay Area News Project, The Florida Independent (a project of the Center for Independent Media). [...]

By: Ly Technology » Divide and Conquer: A Unique Approach For Non-Profit News Startups

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:51:50 +0000

[...] more discussions, and more opportunities to raise money. Bennahum explained this strategy in a recent interview with Laura McGann of Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, a former employee of [...]

By: Jurnalismul non-profit, un nou model in media | RENNE: Revista online

Jurnalismul non-profit, un nou model in media | RENNE: Revista online — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:10:23 +0000

[...] schimb, jurnalismul non-profit o duce mult mai bine. Center for Independent Media (Centrum pentru Media Independenta) ruleaza 6 site-uri de stiri in SUA si a strans din 2006 pana [...]

By: Dick Tofel

Dick Tofel — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:46:52 +0000

Hard to imagine how exclusive partnerships with leading publishers on major stories makes ProPublica a “wholesaler”. We publish directly on our web site, but many of our biggest stories achieve greater reach and impact by appearing in, say, The New York Times or The Washington Post or on CBS or Politico. “Wholesaling” would mean stories being offered everywhere– or at least to multiple “buyers”– at once, wouldn’t it? The question is not “wholesaling” vs. “retailing”– it’s balancing the objectives of building your own audience and achieving impact for your work. We don’t ignore the former, but focus on the latter. But even still, our audience is more than 10 times what Bennahum suggests.

By: Divide and Conquer: A Unique Approach For Non-Profit News Startups - www.Korallenkacke.com

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:23:30 +0000

[...] more discussions, and more opportunities to raise money. Bennahum explained this strategy in a recent interview with Laura McGann of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab, a former employee of [...]

By: Ian Lamont

Ian Lamont — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:52:07 +0000

One issue that has come up several times since nonprofit news models began to gather momentum is the issue of salaries. ProPublica, which you cite above, paid base compensation that ranged from nearly $300,000 to $570,000 for some of its senior editors in 2008, according to its IRS filing. I’ve seen a report that the CEO of the Bay Area News Project will receive a salary of $400,000. I’d be curious to know what Bennahum and other readers think about nonprofit journalism salaries in light of the examples that these two high-profile organizations are setting.

By: Lições de jornalismo sem fins lucrativos : Ponto Media

Lições de jornalismo sem fins lucrativos : Ponto Media — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:41:27 +0000

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