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    Articles tagged Voice of San Diego (58)

    Shan WangMarch 13, 2017
    Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?
    “There are a lot of ways to define ‘community.’ We know it can be built around geography. But there should also be a community of people who care about climate, a community of people who care about criminal justice.”
    Laura Hazard OwenMarch 9, 2017
    Voice of San Diego’s “What We Stand For” is straightforward — and a bold stance against “objectivity”
    “When newspapers insist they’re just being impartial observers, I think that performance hurts trust in journalists.”
    Ken DoctorMarch 8, 2017
    Jim Brady: Events and experiences are key to connecting younger audiences to local news
    “You have an event that goes really well. You send 175 ambassadors out of your event thinking it was awesome, saying ‘I love Billy Penn’s events.’ And on top of that, you make money doing it.”
    Joseph LichtermanJanuary 13, 2017
    After 5 years, San Antonio’s Rivard Report finds that being a nonprofit is better than being a “no-profit”
    “To recreate it would have been prohibitively expensive for even the most generous philanthropic organization.”
    Shan WangDecember 5, 2016
    Voice of San Diego is spearheading a team to help other smaller news outlets build membership programs
    The centralized News Revenue Hub is helping a pilot group of five news organizations — Honolulu Civil Beat, InsideClimate News, The Lens, NJ Spotlight, and PolitiFact — with everything from technical installation to email targeting.
    Shan WangOctober 18, 2016
    A changing of the guard at nonprofit MinnPost, a bright spot in sustainable, online local news
    After nine years, Joel Kramer reflects on the state of the site he cofounded with his wife Laurie and looks forward to its next era under new leadership.
    Joseph LichtermanOctober 26, 2015
    In Utah, hundreds of newspaper readers are paying to kill online ads
    Since launching in July, The Salt Lake Tribune’s membership program has attracted about 600 paying customers.
    Justin EllisApril 8, 2015
    In the world of nonprofit news, different paths to sustainability for local and state news sites
    A new report from the Knight Foundation finds that nonprofit news organizations are growing audience and diversifying their revenue — but many are still reliant on a small number of foundations to support their journalism.
    Joseph LichtermanFebruary 9, 2015
    Voice of San Diego, 10 years old today, is rethinking its editorial and tech around membership
    “At the heart of it is to get more people to engage with us with their information so we can get them into the pipeline for potential membership.”
    The newsonomics of Talking Points Memo’s native advertising shift
    The liberal political site is betting on something less commodified than banner advertising to find sustainable revenue — and to better take advantage of its unique audience. Ken Doctor
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