Got a cell phone? You're probably online with it, says Pew.

If you're trying to engage your community with digital news and information: they're on their phones. You should be there, too. This week, a new report from Pew Internet underscores the importance of putting mobile first in engaging almost any community.

Indie community news publishers meet in Chicago, Oct. 3-5

Even when the day-to-day tactics of survival are a challenge, it helps to focus on the strategy of thriving. In just three weeks, publishers of independent community news sites from around the U.S. will gather in Chicago for the LION Summit: Innovation for Digital Media Entrepreneurs -- where they will share lessons and ideas for both surviving and thriving in a fast-shifting media landscape.

Dylan Smith, chairman of the Local Independent Online News Publishers Association (and editor of the Tucson Sentinel), shared some highlights of the upcoming conference.

FOIA Machine: What comes after Kickstarter success

Combining funding with community can lead to great things. Recently a project to build a useful open government tool -- which gained initial support through a Knight prototype grant -- completed a highly successful crowdfunding campaign. This will allow the Center for Investigative Reporting to expand "FOIA Machine" into public availability, with features that will be useful to any journalist or news/information effort.