June 29, 2017 Colleyville, Texas
LNO Editor, Nelson Thibodeaux attended a seminar conducted the Local Independent Online NewS, “LIONS,” at the beautiful Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort out of Phoenix on Friday June 23, 2017.
The Knight Foundation recently gave a total of $455,000 to three journalism groups to launch new initiatives that are meant to improve journalism education and help news organizations share best practices. Executives from Facebook gave a presentation concerning “Instant Articles” that can be posted by the independent news media outlets.
The organization, now 150 members strong across the United States, discussed the departure of more traditional new sources (such as the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram out of NE Tarrant County) abandoning the actual reporting of news for 4 pages, 2 1/2 of which are advertising.
Also discussed was how to better present these local journalist to their community to seek their readership and financial support to expand.
Topics Included:
1.) Legal Defense Primer
2.) Facebook Journalism Project: Local News Initiative
3.)Nonprofit vs. For-Profit: Does it depend on the Founder or the Community?
4.) The State of Advertising and Sponsorships
2.) Facebook Journalism Project: Local News Initiative
3.)Nonprofit vs. For-Profit: Does it depend on the Founder or the Community?
4.) The State of Advertising and Sponsorships
5.) Intentional about Ethics
6.)Collaboration that Pays
7.) Photography Tune-up
8.) Seed Funding, Sustainability and Stronger Shoestrings
9.) 1,000 Paper Cuts Can’t Kill Local News
6.)Collaboration that Pays
7.) Photography Tune-up
8.) Seed Funding, Sustainability and Stronger Shoestrings
9.) 1,000 Paper Cuts Can’t Kill Local News
Some of the Membership is reflected below;
Andaiye Taylor- Brick City Live
Nelson Thibodeaux – LocalNewsOnly.com- Marisa Treviño – Latina Lista
- Andrew Wallmeyer – MinnPost
- Field Walsh – TXK Today
- JohnT. Ward – redbankgreen
- Barb Warden – GOLDEN.COM
- Dan Weisman – AH-HA RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS
- Brian Wheeler – Charlottesville Tomorrow
- Dan Whisenhunt – Decaturish
- Teresa Wippel – My Edmonds News
- Jeff Wong – DC Commute Times
- Steve Yablonski – Oswego COunty Today
- Liena Zagare – Corner News Media
- Joe Zlomek – The Sanatoga Post
- Mike Schoemer – North Wright County Today
- Jodi Schwan – SiouxFalls.Business
- Jay Senter – Prairie Village Post
- MarcieL. Setlow – The Berkshire Edge
- Jason Shaw – BristowBeat.com
- Dawn Shelton – lutherregister.news
- Shereen Siewert – http://www.wausaupilotandreview.com
- Dan Silverman – PoPville
- Tracy Simmons – SpokaneFAVS.com
- John Sinkevics – LocalSpins.com
- Dylan Smith – TucsonSentinel.com
- Bill Smith – Evanston Now
- Tom Sofield – LevittownNow.com
- Bob Sprague – YourArlington
- Larry Sribnick – Bellport.com
- Tom Stites – Banyan Project
- Michael Stoll – San Francisco Public Press
- Albert Stumm – Passyunk Post
- Sharon Swanepoel – Monroe Local News
Jesus Sanchez – The Eastsider- Rick O’Conor – Roosevelt Islander Online
- Kevin O’Rourke – Germantown Pulse
- Howard Owens – The Batavian
- Kellie Panter – Billy Penn
- Maggie Peterson – My Edmonds News/MLTnews/Lynnwood Today
- Josh Popichak – Saucon Source
- Cynthia Prairie – The Chester Telegraph
- Jason Pramas – Open Media Boston
- Joy Purcell – nowhabersham.com
- Dina Rabiner – BKLYNER
- Doug Rainey – Delaware Business Now
- Brent Reaney – EDGE
- Fred Reed – Oswego County Today
- Bob Reid – BenitoLink
- Tamara Remedios – NewarkPulse.com
- Traven Rice – The Lo-Down
- Mark Roberts – Empowering Colorado
- Carol Robidoux – ManchesterInkLink.com
- Jim Robidoux – Manchester Ink Link
- Chip Rowe – The Highlands Current
- Charlotte-Ann Lucas – NOWCastSA.com
- Kevin Lynch – SouthBMore.com
- Bill Macfadyen – Noozhawk
- Kaushik Makati – We-Ha.com
- Ken Martin – The Austin Bulldog
- Mike Martin – The Columbia Heart Beat
- KateB. Maxwell – The Mendocino Voice
- Julie Maxwell Allen – Banana Tree News
- Suzanne McBride – AustinTalks
- Meg McGuire – http://www.delawarecurrents.org
- Elizabeth McNamara – East Greenwich News
- Mike McNeill – magnoliareporter.com
- Julia Moak – Greenpointers
- Clay Morgan – AntiochTenn.com
- John Muldoon – The Local News
- Lyle Muller – IowaWatch.org
- Mary Alice Murphy – The Grant County Beat
- Daniel Myers – StateCollege.com
- Matthew Nadler – The Manomet Current
- Fred Noer – The Drag Report
Joni HubredGolden- Farmington Voice
- Steve Hull – Bethesda Beat
- John Huotari – Oak Ridge Today
- Joe Hyde – San Angelo LIVE
- John Jensen – Lake County News
- Tina Johansson-Long – theYOUjournal.com
- Jiquanda Johnson – Flint Beat
Dylan Smith – TucsonSentinel.com-
- Gordon Joselof – westportnow.com
- Michael Kanin – The Austin Monitor
- Uriah Kiser – potomaclocal.com
- Lance Knobel – Berkeleyside
- Gary Kopycinski – eNews Park Forest
- Lila LaHood – San Francisco Public Press
- Elizabeth Larson – Lake County News
- David Lemery – The Elmhurst Titan
- Marc Levy – Cambridgeday.com
- Ed Litvak – The Lo-Down
- Denise Lockwood – Racine County Eye
- Olwen Logan – LymeLine.com
- Joshua Long – Xenia’s Word on the Street
- Barry Friedman – Lkldnow
- David Fritze – Oklahoma Watch
- Adam Gaffin – Universal Hub
- LIz George – Baristanet
- Kelly Gilfillan – Brentwood Home Page, Franklin Home Page
- Ellen Goins – Sangre de Cristo Chronicle
- Martin Gonzalez – Start up: New Jersey Property Tax Reporter
- Andy Hall – Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
- Doug Hardy – CTNewsJunkie.com
- Lissa Harris – Watershed Post
- Chris Helms – Jamaica Plain News
- Mark Henderson – Worcester Sun
- Dan Hennicke – Charlottesville Tomorrow
- Matt Hennie – Project Q Atlanta
- James Herr – Cheektowaga Chronicle
- Darren Hillock – West of the I
- Karen Hillock – West of the I
- Rose Hoban – North Carolina Health News
- Shawn Hogendorf – Stillwater Current
Sally Fowler Francom- The Free Press, serving Northern Utah County- Virginia Citrano – MyVeronaNJ.com
- Denise Civiletti – RiverheadLOCAL.com
- JudithG. Clabes – KyForward.com
- Jacob Clabes – KyForward.com
- Wendy Cohen – Berkeleyside
- Bob Conrad – This Is Reno
- Matthew Conti – NorthEndWaterfront.com
- Cynthia Cotte Griffiths – Rockville View
- Maria Coxon-Smith – TucsonSentinel.com
- Phil Creed – Covering The Corridor
- Leslie David – BenitoLink.com
- Matt DeRienzo – LION Publishers
- Alice Dreger – East Lansing Info
- Eugene Driscoll – The Valley Independent Sentinel
- Tamara Duncan – 70 West Sentinel
- Adrienne Fawcett – gazebonews.com
- Dale Fenwick – Apopka Voice
- Ashley Fisher – Austin Monitor
- John Fitts – Canton Compass
- Zack Fosdyck – Metamora Herald
- Jay Allred– Richland Source
- Maria Amado-Santos – WestchesterHispano.net
- Sarah Arnold – Clutch MOV
- Steve Beatty – The Lens
- Ryan Belmore – What’sUpNewp
- Tracey Bermeo – MyVeronaNJ.com
- Andrew Birden – Fiddlehead Focus
- Dan Blom – Prairie Village Post
- Jimmy Boegle – Coachella Valley Independent
- Bil Bowman – The Franklin Reporter & Advocate
- Jim Brady – Billy Penn
- Scott Brodbeck – arlnow.com
- Glenn Burkins – qcitymetro.com
- Art Campbell – The Plymouth Line
- Ricky Campbell – The Light Roast
- Kirk Caraway – Carson Now
- Wendy Card – New Bern Now
- Nancy Chapman – NancyOnNorwalk
- Lydia Chavez – Mission Local
