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Four ways Mother Jones became profitable in this turbulent industry

Christine SchmidtDecember 10, 2019

Berkeleyside is launching a sister site in Oakland to help fill the void left by pillaged newspapers

“As we build out that newsroom, how do we prioritize people who have experience serving info needs in communities across disciplines?”

Christine SchmidtDecember 10, 2019

Here are the American Journalism Project’s first 11 recipients, taking home $8.5 million to grow their business operations

“The grants will fund an organization’s first dedicated revenue positions, or grow an existing revenue team. Most will fund at least two new full-time positions for 24 months dedicated to revenue and fundraising.”

Christine SchmidtDecember 9, 2019

Want to start your own local online news outlet? With a new staff and a $1 million grant, LION Publishers wants to do more to help

“The daily newspaper reporter might say, ‘You’re a community journalist, that’s so cute.’ But the fact is we’re professional and have our own organization.”

Hanaa' TameezDecember 9, 2019

Mumbrella tried to copy its successful business model from Australia to Asia — here’s why it didn’t work

“In the six-and-a-half years we’ve run Mumbrella Asia, we’ve never had a profitable year. Traffic has grown and revenues have grown, but we’ve never come close to breaking even.”

Christine SchmidtDecember 5, 2019

Drawing on ten years of expertise, the Texas Tribune wants to coach you on its money-making lessons

“People just want to learn a playbook. At the high level, it’s motivational, but at the grassroots level, it’s answering what do your proposals look like, what does your budget look like, how are you talking to donors and members.”

The most important traffic driver for news publishers worldwide? Still Google

Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora are launching a national news nonprofit aimed at women and we’re dying to know more

Christine SchmidtNovember 20, 2019

Can alt-weeklies prosper on the nonprofit news transition train? The Chicago Reader will try

“The Reader hasn’t turned a profit in ages, although revenue is said to be up almost 50 percent this year.”

Christine SchmidtNovember 18, 2019

Paywalls can be a big lift for smaller publishers. Here’s how the Shawnee Mission Post is thriving two years in

“Things that were on the fires-and-car-accident side of things would get a lot of pageviews, but didn’t seem to have lasting impact on the way that people live their lives around here.”

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