TICKLING READER ENGAGEMENT > “Try poking your community with a sharp stick and challenging it > to interact.” — David Poulson Engaging readers is why your online news c...
http://kcnn.org/2014/03/outside-the-box-community-engagement-2/
When a major earthquake struck Sichuan province, China, on May 12, 2008, the very first reports came from cell-phone-powered eyewitnesses in the affected region. Before the ground even completely...
A WEBSITE FOR BEGINNING REPORTERS, THOSE STUDYING THE CRAFT AND THEIR TEACHERS. This site, written by Jim Hall, a reporter for the Fredericksburg, VA Free Lance-Star, is divided into three main...
This extensive, multimedia e-learning module helps new media makers understand how to obtain public records and get into public meetings. The guide features a unique, interactive map that tells c...
http://kcnn.org/2014/03/the-citizen-journalists-guide-to-open-government/
HOW TO MEASURE YOUR WEB TRAFFIC AND UNDERSTAND WHO’S VISITING YOUR SITE Whether you’re running a small hyperlocal community website or a large regional citizen media site, you can use free ...
INTERVIEWING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR CITIZEN JOURNALISTS WILL SHOW YOU TIPS AND STRATEGIES FOR BECOMING A BETTER INTERVIEWER.
http://kcnn.org/2014/03/interviewing-a-practical-guide-for-citizen-journalists/
The merger of VTDigger.org and the Vermont Journalism Trust has led to $88,000 in support in just five months -- and caused the industry to take note of an emerging stewardship model.
http://kcnn.org/2011/06/new-stewardship-model-for-journalism-raises-88000-in-six-months/
With funding from J-Lab's Networked Journalism initiative, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's editors set about to rethink, alongside others, how the organization could cover Marcellus Shale, a massiv...
http://kcnn.org/2011/04/underground-story-bubbles-up-in-pittsburgh-newsroom/
In the weeks after Retha Hill launched the first iteration of her Mobile Black History Project in January 2011, the response was overwhelmingly positive.
http://kcnn.org/2011/03/new-media-women-entrepreneur-profile-retha-hill-augments-reality/
Stories about financial success and strong content top the latest news from our New Voices grantees.
http://kcnn.org/2011/02/updates-new-voices-sites-see-strong-content-and-bottom-line-growth/