CJR's Guide to Online News Startups

ACEsTooHigh.com

Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma

WINTERS, CA — In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of one of the largest studies ever... More >

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May 13, 2013 03:26 PM
ACEsConnection.com

A niche social network for professionals working in science, education, and policy related to childhood trauma
By Maura R. O'Connor
WINTERS, CA —ACEsConnection.com (ACEs stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences) is a niche social network primarily for professionals in education, criminal justice, public health, and government that work on ACEs related issues. As of May 2013, the network has over 950 members. It is run by journalist Jane Stevens, who founded the network alongside news site ACEsTooHigh.com. To read the Guide to Online News Startups profile of that site, click here. ACEsConnection.com Data Name: ACEsConnection.com URL: acesconnection.com City: Winters, CA
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Mar 27, 2013 10:43 AM
Uptown Messenger

Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
By Meredith Qualls
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Robert Morris began his career in print journalism, working for a string of weekly and daily newspapers before deciding he needed a change. "I liked journalism and I liked my job and I really liked the people I worked with, but it seemed like such a long road to be a 28-year-old reporter watching the newspaper industry shrink," he says. Read more about Uptown Messenger Coupled with his concerns about the newspaper industry were thoughts about...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Mar 5, 2012
Homicide Watch

Reinventing the homicide beat for the digital age
By Maura R. O'Connor
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — Mico Briscoe. Black. Male. 18. Shot on November 26, 2011. Marcellus J. Darnaby, aka "Boom." Black. Male. 32. Shot on June 15, 2011. Lucki Nancy Pannell. Black. Female. 18. Shot on February 19, 2011. These are just a few of the 152 homicides currently listed on HomicideWatchDC.org. In the coming months and years, that number is sure to increase. Since September 2010, Laura Amico, the site's founder, has tracked every single homicide that has occurred...
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Apr 10, 2013 02:51 PM
District

A student voice from the Savannah College of Art and Design
By Meredith Qualls
SAVANNAH, GA — After beginning in 1995 as a weekly student-run print publication at the Savannah College of Art and Design, District relaunched as an online-only in 2008, becoming part of the early wave of student publications to scrap their print product. "We wanted to go digital because we felt like that was where the industry was headed, and all of our students generally were already more online than they were picking up print," says Allison Bennett Dyche, the assistant...
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Mar 15, 2013 11:47 AM
Midway Messenger

A university startup for a small town in Kentucky
By Meredith Qualls
LEXINGTON, KY — Sometime during one of his daily commutes between his home in Frankfort and his job in Lexington, where he teaches journalism at the University of Kentucky, Al Cross had an idea. Between the two cities lies the aptly named Midway, a town with a census population of 1,647 that, at the time, was covered solely by the Woodford Sun, a county-wide weekly with a minimal online presence. Thinking the town might serve as a nice proving ground...
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Nov 1, 2012 10:24 AM
TRVL

A free iPad travel magazine
By Hiten Samtani
BUSSUM, NETHERLANDS — Two Dutch guys met at a party in Amsterdam. A month later, they had a magazine. Jochem Wijnands, who used to run an online photo agency, and Michel Elings, a technology consultant, found they had a shared passion for travel. They put their heads and networks together to create TRVL, an iPad-only magazine that is the highest rated magazine app on Apple's App Store. Each issue of the weekly magazine features a single destination through content that...
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Jan 14, 2011 12:47 PM
The Rapidian

Grand Rapids-based citizen journalism
By Alex Fekula
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — Grand Rapids-based The Rapidian takes the concept of grassroots citizen journalism to heart. A community-wide project, operating under a for-us/by-us ethos, The Rapidian was created by the Grand Rapids Community Media Center, a nonprofit media and technology support organization for the Grand Rapids area. The Center began as a public access television station, and currently operates two television stations, a noncommercial radio station, and a theater for film and live performances; it also offers media education...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Mar 24, 2011
CapeCodTODAY.com

A hyperlocal (and entrepreneurial) news pioneer
By Dohini Patel
CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS — CapeCodToday, one of the first hyperlocal news websites in the nation, and reports on all things Cape Cod. Topics the site covers include politics, arts and culture, business, education, and sports. Walter Brooks, founder of CapeCodToday, is a veteran journalist with over half a century of experience. Prior to establishing the site, Brooks wrote for The Village Voice, the New York Post, and The Cape Codder, a weekly newspaper in the area. Beginning in the mid-1990s,...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Mar 24, 2011
The Post (Defunct)

Social media gurus of South Dakota
By Justin Yang
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA — [Editor's note: The Post ceased publication in July 2011. A note on the site in late 2011 and early 2012 promised a relaunch, but it never materialized. The site is down, but was last captured by the Internet Archive in February 2012.] The Post, a story co-op site in which a team of volunteers and staff create and publish content, was founded by Heather Mangan in 2009 to cover stories that were not being covered...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Oct 26, 2011
Village Soup

A small media chain blends print and digital local journalism
By Lauren Kirchner
ROCKLAND, MAINE — [UPDATE: On Friday March 9, 2012 Village Soup president Richard M. Anderson announced the closure of all Village Soup publications. In a story announcing that the company's properties would be sold at auction, the Bangor Daily News reported that Village Net Media, the Village Soup parent company, faced two outstanding loans from the First National Bank of Damariscotta. The initial principal on the loans when they were first taken out in June of 2008 was $7.5 million...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Jan 3, 2011
PopMatters

Pop culture criticism with an academic bent
By Sean Gandert
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Back when the Internet was still the sole purview of academics and nerds, journalist Sarah Zupko, then working in marketing at Tribune Media Services, founded a site catering to those specific audiences. That site was not in fact PopMatters, but it was a progenitor of sorts, providing web links for researchers studying pop culture. During the years that followed, Zupko's interests shifted from content aggregation to content production, and in 1999 PopMatters was born, featuring in-depth cultural...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Dec 30, 2010
California Watch

A watchdog for the Golden State
By Colin Fleming
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — In less than two years, California Watch has become a force in American journalism, distributing its content to over eighty different publications and operating with the biggest investigative team in the state. Launched in 2009 as a facet of the Center for Investigative Reporting, California Watch dedicates itself to "high-impact reporting" on health, education, ecology, politics, and public safety. [Profile updated December 18, 2012] Read more about California Watch In one of its projects, reporters Joanna Lin...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Jan 5, 2011
Center For Investigative Reporting

Old-school investigative nonprofit takes to the web
By Colin Fleming
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — In the world of American investigative nonprofits, the Center for Investigative Reporting is the oldest and one of the best recognized. Founded in 1977 by a small group of investigative reporters, CIR has grown considerably since, amassing numerous awards. It now employs a full-time staff of twenty and works with an annual budget of over $4 million. CIR has broken stories ranging from the degeneration of the Black Panther Party into a criminal gang to the problems...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Oct 27, 2011
The Bay Citizen

Local civic journalism in the national spotlight
By Lauren Kirchner
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — [UPDATE: In May 2012, the Bay Citizen merged with the Center for Investigative Reporting, the oldest nonprofit investigative news organization in the United States and the parent of state-level investigative nonprofit California Watch. The merger allowed the organizations to expand their reporting resources, save money, and diversify their funding base. The merger brought together 75 staff members with a $10.5 million budget in 2012. As part of the merger, the Bay Citizen ended its partnership with...
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Recently Updated – Originally Posted: Mar 28, 2011
DNAinfo

Hyperlocal news for Manhattan
By Alex Fekula
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 from Washington Heights to Hell's Kitchen. [Profile updated December 18, 2012] Read more about DNAinfo...
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