Local news finds some lifelines

But threats to publicly funded media could create more news deserts You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. This is the third post that I’ve drawn from presentations at the International Symposium of Online Journalism (ISOJ), which took place March 27-28 at the […]

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Help springs from many sources for media startups

Global study recommends new tactics for funders, universities, tech platforms What follows is an edited excerpt of the Recommendations chapter of SembraMedia’s Inflection Point International study of 201 digital native media in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Read the full report here–also in Spanish and Portuguese. It is republished under Creative Commons 4.0 ShareAlike international […]

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News organizations have attracted $187 million in grants since 2005

The new ecosystem of small news organizations continues to evolve at breathtaking speed. When you consider that it has been only four years since the news industry’s business model went into free fall, the number of new organizations and their quality are impressive.  Also impressive is the financial support that they have attracted. J-Lab has […]

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