Another “Village Soup” site in Wareham, MA

Posted on July 13, 2010 by jestevens

I just added WarehamVillageSoup.com to the growing list of niche news sites and networks on Jurnos Wik. Anne Eisenmenger, founder and publisher of one of the affiliates of the Village Soup network, sends this info in a 7/12/10 email: “The first out-of-Maine licensee of Village Soup, we have simultaneously worked to “reinvent” the community newspaper. [...]

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Sputters and Launches

Posted on March 10, 2009 by jestevens

While 24/7WallSt lists the top 10 newspapers that are likely to close or go entirely online, a newly laid-off journalist is a week into the launch of another niche site. On Feb. 23, Greg Hernandez was laid off from the LA Daily News, where he’d been doing the Out in Hollywood blog. Seven days later, [...]

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Making a Living with QuincyNews.org

Posted on March 7, 2009 by jestevens

When Bob Gough lost his job as news director at a Quincy, IL, TV station in October 2007, he had a choice: Move to another city or figure out another way to stay in the journalism biz in Quincy. He didn’t want to move — Quincy was his home. He had a wife with a [...]

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