Q's for Alan Appel:
I noticed that your site was one of the non-profit websites. Since you don't necessarily have a reliable flow of incoming money coming to your production, do you find it difficult to keep the few writers that you have on staff?
As I surfed your website the past few days I noticed that not everyday do you have different stories, in fact from yesterday to today on the opening page there was only one new story; so do you and the other writers just post a new story whenever you get tips and finds that you think really appeal to your audience...do you not feel the pressure of constantly posting new items since you're not a traditional news source?
Lastly, when I was reading Citizen Media, some of the comments you and the writer made had to do with being disheartened with the traditional newsroom. What was so disenchanting about the traditional newsroom, and what is it about hyperlocal journalism that has reinvigorated your journalistic interests.
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Hi. I got an email alert that this question was posed to me, though on the site it appears it was posed to my colleague Allan..
Anyway, we have an NPR-like not-for-profit funding base of charitable sponsors. We have to hustle each year to raise the money to keep the staff employed. So far it's working. We publish only on weekdays; three times a day per weekday. Generally 9-14 posts, including 4-6 full-length stories.
You had good questions, he was a very interesting journalist. :)
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