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Community accolades among 2013 Online Journalism Award winners

News for Digital Innovators

Mon, October 21, 2013 | 1:54 p.m. PDT

On Oct. 19, the Online News Association announced this year's Online Journalism awards. Represented among the winners were several independent and community-focused digital news outlets dedicated to informing and engaging communities.

3 powerful mobile engagement strategies you might have overlooked

Community News Leadership 3.0

Tue, October 15, 2013 | 4:46 p.m. PDT

by Amy Gahran

Mobile devices are a great tool for engaging and informing your community, since people are on their phones all the time. And they're doing lots of different things on their phones! Which is why your mobile strategy should take advantage of the myriad capabilities of mobile devices.

Several prestigious journalism fellowships now accepting applications

News for Digital Innovators

Wed, October 9, 2013 | 8:54 a.m. PDT

by Amy Gahran

Looking for a temporary change of pace to focus on exciting projects for the future of journalism, community journalism and journalism education? These six fellowship programs offer unique opportunities to expand and rework your professional horizons -- and they're currently accepting applications.

Teaching media entrepreneurship: What works, and what gets in the way

Community News Leadership 3.0

Tue, October 8, 2013 | 12:54 p.m. PDT

by Amy Gahran

Entrepreneurship is turning out to be a key skill for having a successful journalism career -- and indeed, for building the future of journalism. In the last few years, some U.S. journalism schools have begun adding courses and projects designed to impart the skills and mindset for entrepreneurship. What's working, and what still needs to be done? A recent scholarly article outlines some successes, obstacles, and opportunities.

Local online news startups: Profits, progress and persistent challenges

Community News Leadership 3.0

Tue, October 1, 2013 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by Michele McLellan

My new survey of independent online community news startups provides some encouragement - a third of the organizations say they are profitable - as well as insights into the challenges of journalists learning to operate a business.

Knight Journalism Fellowships: Applications now open

News for Digital Innovators

Tue, October 1, 2013 | 1:27 p.m. PDT

by Amy Gahran

Today, the John S. Knight Journalism Fellows at Stanford University began accepting fellowships for its 2014-15 class. This renowned program offers 20 journalists the opportunity to spend 10 months experimenting, testing and developing innovative ideas for the future of journalism.

Knight News Challenge, Health semifinalists announced

News for Digital Innovators

Thu, September 26, 2013 | 9:26 a.m. PDT

by Amy Gahran

Yesterday the Knight Foundation announced 40 semifinalists for the Knight News Challenge on Health.

ONA13: What's in it for community news?

News for Digital Innovators

Tue, September 24, 2013 | 8:34 p.m. PDT

by Amy Gahran

Registration for the 2013 Online News Association conference closes Oct. 10. Much of this event highlights the activities, and reflects the interests and perspective, of major news outlets -- but people involved with community news startups and projects also can benefit from attending. Here are KDMC's picks for scheduled sessions that might prove especially interesting or useful to community news/info projects or independent local news startups: