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Vojo mobile community media platform launches this week

Vojo mobile community media platform launches this week

Community News Leadership 3.0
Tue, June 18, 2013 | 4:42 p.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

Want to bridge the digital divide in your community? While many community news and information sites allow community members to post their own content, few make this easy to do via mobile devices, let alone non-smart "feature" phones. This weekend, the creators of a noted Hispanic community site will launch a hosted version of their content platform that you can post to from any phone -- even a landline.

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5 ways to use Slideshare to engage communities, build traffic

5 ways to use Slideshare to engage communities, build traffic

Community News Leadership 3.0
Fri, June 14, 2013 | 10:14 a.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

Community news, engagement, and information projects offer a wide range of content types, but so far few have done much with slide presentations. Slideshare, a popular social platform for publishing, sharing, and embedding presentations, may help you get more mileage and benefits from your photos, maps, videos, charts and other content -- as well as capitalize on relevant content from other sources, and attract the attention of influencers. A new book explains how to do this well.

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One in three U.S. adults owns a tablet, says Pew

One in three U.S. adults owns a tablet, says Pew

News for Digital Innovators
Tue, June 11, 2013 | 2:38 p.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

Is your community news or information tablet friendly? With astounding speed, tablets have become a significant part of the mobile media landscape. It's been just three years since the first iPad hit the market, and now one third of U.S. adults now owns a tablet computer, according to a new report from Pew Internet.

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Pew survey offers lessons for funders of nonprofit news start ups

Pew survey offers lessons for funders of nonprofit news start ups

Community News Leadership 3.0
Sun, June 9, 2013 | 10:00 p.m. PDT
by Michele McLellan

Results of a newly released survey of 93 nonprofit news start ups underscores the need to build business capacity in the field. That's something supporting foundations and large donors should insist on.

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Independent Publishers Group now has 100 members

Independent Publishers Group now has 100 members

News for Digital Innovators
Wed, June 5, 2013 | 3:10 p.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

This week, the Local Independent Online News Publishers group announced it has welcomed its 100th member.

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Civic data isn't boring: National Civic Hack Day

Civic data isn't boring: National Civic Hack Day

Community News Leadership 3.0
Wed, June 5, 2013 | 11:43 a.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

Last weekend nearly 100 hackathons and related events were held around the U.S. as part of the first-ever National Day of Civic Hacking -- an opportunity to spur creativity and collaboration for using public data to help solve challenges for communities, cities, states and the nation.

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Online Journalism Awards: entries now open

Online Journalism Awards: entries now open

News for Digital Innovators
Wed, May 29, 2013 | 2:33 p.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

Today the Online News Association opened entries for the 2013 Online Journalism Awards -- a series of 29 awards that includes a total of $37,500 in prize money.

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Switching your CMS: How, why two community sites did it

Switching your CMS: How, why two community sites did it

Community News Leadership 3.0
Wed, May 29, 2013 | 2:15 p.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

When you manage a busy community site, switching to an entirely new content management system can be the stuff of dreams -- and nightmares. It can open up a world of opportunities to try new things and overcome past limitations. And it can also conjure catastrophic visions of glitches, crashes, and regretted investments. This month two well-established community news venues, Oakland Local and Voice of San Diego, both switched to a new content management system as part of their site redesigns. Here's how they did it, and what made these projects work.

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Events
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Allied Media Conference, June 20-23

Thu, June 20, 2013 12:00 am - Sun, June 23, 2013 12:00 am

Registration is now open for the 15th annual Allied Media Conference, June 20-23, 2013.

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LION Publishers to hold conference October 3-6

October 3, 2013 - October 6, 2013

The Local Independent Online News Publishers will hold its conference in Chicago October 3-6. Organizers are seeking your input on programming and sessions. To take a survey, click here. 

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Online News Association Conference, October 17-19; Registration opens April 29

October 17, 2013 - October 19, 2013

It’s time to plan your trip to the 2013 Online News Association Conference & Awards Banquet, Oct. 17-19, 2013 in Atlanta, where we’re planning to blow up the traditional conference agenda for digital journalism’s biggest reunion.It’s time to plan your trip to the 2013 Online News Association Conference & Awards Banquet, Oct. 17-19, 2013 in Atlanta, where we’re planning to blow up the traditional conference agenda for digital journalism’s biggest reunion.

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Tools and Tips

Hashtags on Facebook: 5 tips for community media

By Amy Gahran
6/12/2013 | 12:49 pm GMT

Today Facebook took a page from Twitter and announced that it's adding support for hashtags -- a popular tool to support public...

OpenStates: Track your state legislature

By Amy Gahran
5/15/2013 | 1:15 pm GMT

What's happening in your state government, and how might it relate to what's happening in other states -- or in...

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