Lokal, a location-based community information app in India, experimented with monetizing shoutouts and hyperlocal classified ads. It earned them $60,000 in March.
“People don’t just pay for the product and the content. People pay for the idea behind it and the credibility. There’s a good will among the people to support independent journalism in Kashmir.”
“There was a lot of convincing each other and bursting each other’s bubbles. You don’t want people to be too drunk on Kool-Aid or too cynical, as journalists tend to be.”
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Here’s how researchers got inside 1,400 private WhatsApp groups." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 18 Oct. 2019. Web. 20 Nov. 2023.
APA
Owen, L. (2019, Oct. 18). Here’s how researchers got inside 1,400 private WhatsApp groups. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 20, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/heres-how-researchers-got-inside-1400-private-whatsapp-groups/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Here’s how researchers got inside 1,400 private WhatsApp groups." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 18, 2019. Accessed November 20, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/heres-how-researchers-got-inside-1400-private-whatsapp-groups/.
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