I’ve talked about the work of INN (Institute for Nonprofit News) regularly here on KinshiPress. They are doing a superb job of building a community of new publushing start-ups. They are out with a new innovation called the Rural News…
I’ve just come across a documentary about a WordPress-powered newspaper in Iowa. The movie is called “Storm Lake” and was filmed in Storm Lake, Iowa. Check out the IMDB listing. The movie’s synopsis is, “Art Cullen and his family and…
Global Press has an interesting and very different business model from anything else we’ve covered here at KinshiPress. Yes, they are WordPress-powered and innovative. But rather than being a traditional publisher, they are building independent news bureaus. Each bureau is…
Pluribus News is a new start-up which is aiming to cover every state government across the United States. Pluribus launches with 6 staff members. The founder Reid Wilson worked at The Washington Post and The Hill newspaper. The other staff…
Chris Hardie is a software engineer with a deep interest in journalism. Chris worked for Automattic for five years and recently completed a master’s degree in journalism. Last week, Chris combined these two passions by acquiring Western Wayne News in…
Vince Dice is the editor of Gig Harbor Now, a nonprofit news organization in Gig Harbor, near Seattle. His publication is celebrating its first birthday this week and he has interesting story to tell, that sums up many trends with…
The central idea here at KinshiPress is that this is an exciting new time for journalism. There is a large group of new publishers that are mostly non-profit, mission-driven, and powered by WordPress. This week provided excellent evidence to back…
The Local Media Association is a trade group that focuses on the business side of local media. They try to help newspapers, TV stations, and radio stations grow their bottom line. They’ve just put out a detailed report explaining what…
Since early in 2022, I’ve been blogging here on KinshiPress about the explosion in local news publishers. Initially that was driven by a gut-feeling that something exciting is in the early, formative stages. These publishers are mostly non-profit, mission-driven, and…
Back in May, we covered the upcoming launch of Baltimore Beat as a Black-led, Black-controlled nonprofit newspaper. The site launched this week. You can read the launch post from Lisa Snowden, the newspaper’s editor: We wanted to tell stories that…