Building on the success of last year’s “Fund My Media,” J-lab’s 2010 ONA Pre-Conference Workshop covers how to fund entrepreneurial journalism, including a legal heads-up, how to build a news site from scratch and how to generate revenue for upkeep.
Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Welcome
Jan Schaffer – Executive Director, J-Lab
9:10 a.m. Legal Heads Up
What you need to know to start a nonprofit news site.
David Ardia – Director, Citizen Media Law Project, Harvard
9:45 a.m. Launching With Little: Building A News Site from Scratch
Susan Mernit – Founder, Oakland (Calif.) Local
Tom Ferrick – Founder, Metropolis, Phila., PA
David Boraks – Founder and Editor, DavidsonNews.net
Lyndsay Kibiloski – Website Manager/Designer, DavidsonNews.net
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Breaking into the World of Foundation Grants
Jim Cutie – Chief Operating Officer, CT Mirror
John Mooney – Founding Editor, NJ Spotlight
11:30 a.m. Building your Site Through Other Revenue
Ben Ilfeld – Owner and COO, Sacramento Press
David Cohn – Founder and Director, Spot.Us
12:00 p.m. Solve My Problem
An interactive, open mic forum to field your questions.
12:25 p.m. Special Announcement
Lisa Williams – Founder and CEO, Placeblogger
12:30 p.m. Lunch (provided)
Keynote Speaker: Evan Smith – CEO and Editor, Texas Tribune
1:30 p.m. Conclusion
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