All entries tagged: MacArthur Foundation

Bringing NGO news into the mainstream: The case of OneWorld.net and Yahoo News

[It's one thing for NGOs to get into the news-producing business; it's another for their news to get noticed. Here Larry Kirkman and Laurie Moy explore the case of one NGO, OneWorld.net, and how its partnership with megalith Yahoo! News has put its work before an entirely new audience. This is the fifth part of [...]

2 comments | Posted by Larry Kirkman and Laurie Moy | December 14, 2009 | 10:00 am

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Chicago’s L3C newsroom

For those keeping track of such things, take note: Journalism is about to get its first low-profit, limited liability corporation company, or L3C.
The new Chicago News Cooperative, unveiled on Thursday by former Chicago Tribune managing editor Jim O’Shea, will begin life as a nonprofit, but will change over to an L3C after Jan. 1, when [...]

5 comments | Posted by Jim Barnett | October 26, 2009 | 9:02 am

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