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MAY 12, 2011 03:45 PM
CTNewsJunkie
Giving the good stuff to Connecticut's political insiders
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MAY 10, 2011 04:29 PM
The Batavian
Small town news and innovation in local online advertising
MAY 6, 2011 11:27 AM
ThePortlander
Portland-centric news with a casual flair
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MAY 3, 2011 12:23 PM
DavidsonNews.net
Ambitious local news site for Davidson, N.C.
MAY 2, 2011 04:17 PM
Technically Philly
Detalied coverage of the Philadelphia tech scene
APRIL 20, 2011 03:02 PM
Sites Included in the NFDB
So far...
This is a complete, alphabetized list of all the sites currently listed in the News Frontier Database. Although we're now happily north of 100 entries, the NFDB is still in beta, and will be forever in the sense that we're continuingly adding sites with no intention of stopping. (When the time comes, we'll also be updating the information in existing entries.) The current makeup of the NFDB is by no means comprehensive. There are still many, many worthy operations...
APRIL 20, 2011 02:57 PM
Solutions
Colorado's source for health policy reporting and discussion
DENVER, COLORADO — Solutions, launched on December 1st, 2010, is an independent, nonprofit news platform on health policy issues in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. Solutions draws its inspiration from the format and niche content of another local news site, Education News Colorado. According to Solutions editor Diane Carman, the site "avoids the political back and forth that traditional media covers...
APRIL 5, 2011 01:06 PM
Intersections South Los Angeles
USC students report on their neighboring communities
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — When conservative Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly needs a sparring partner on immigration issues, his producers occasionally turn to a totally under-the-radar nonprofit news site, Intersections South Los Angeles. The two-year-old site, a hybrid of hyperlocal reporting and user-generated news, runs on grant and university funds and operates out of the University of Southern California. Editor-in-chief Willa Seidenberg, a journalism...
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MARCH 31, 2011 11:40 AM
The Bold Italic
Gannett's bold move in consumer-oriented journalism
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — The Bold Italic is an experiment. Slickly designed but still in "beta," the Gannett-owned San Francisco website has an image-heavy layout, an alt-weekly feel, and a focus on helping its readers find new places to spend their free time. "It's not meant to replace anything" in the San Francisco print media, says Michael Maness, who, as Gannett's vice president of...
MARCH 28, 2011 08:32 PM
DNAinfo
Hyperlocal news for Manhattan
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Manhattan surely has more media outlets per square foot than just about anywhere else in the world, but DNAinfo has proved that there's still plenty of room on the island for local news. Conceived by Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, the site is a compendium of hyperlocal news for Manhattan's many communities. The site's ten separate verticals provide coverage of neighborhoods...
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...a searchable, living, and ongoing documentation of digital news outlets across the country. As when we launched in January, the database features originally reported profiles and extensive data sets on each outlet. We've recently added profiles of more than forty local news sites throughout the country, and will soon feature at least one site from each of the fifty states.
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to the News Frontier Database
...a searchable, living, and ongoing documentation of digital news outlets across the country. As when we launched in January, the database features originally reported profiles and extensive data sets on each outlet. We've recently added profiles of more than forty local news sites throughout the country, and will soon feature at least one site from each of the fifty states.
To learn more, please click the link below.
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