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Innovative Membership Program Launches at Voice of San Diego

This week the Hub takes an inside look at the unique membership program the Voice of San Diego launched in April that brings community engagement to a new level.

Data Journalism Handbook Launches, Provides Primer to Doing Data Journalism

This week the Hub explores this online book and highlights the numerous features that make this book a must-have for any newsroom.

Five Trends to Inspire your Staff from ISOJ

Seek diversity in revenue sources, identify a content architecture strategy, and go beyond SMO - these are just some of the major trends featured at the ISOJ this past weekend.

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Inside voiceofsandiego.org:
The VOSD Story

Starting a Nonprofit

Applying for 501(c)(3) status? Check out the Digital Media Law Project's Guide to IRS Decision-Making Process (PDF).

Style Guide Example (PDF) Every news organization needs a style guide. Check out this example for potential ideas for your own style guide.

Community Partner Collateral Example (PDF) Community outreach materials should be a critical component for your news operation.

Academics & Research

Ethics for the new investigative newsroom (PDF) New models of journalism call for new approaches to journalism ethics.

Journalist's Resource A helpful teacher resource that is a project of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education

Syllabus Exchange by NewsU
Looking for ideas on how to improve your course? Check out the NewsU Syllabus Exchange for ideas.

Beyond the Basics

Vision Document Example (PDF)
Do you have a vision and plan for your organization?

Donor and Member Management (PDF) How can we engage with the communities we serve? Summer Polacek has a few suggestions in this helpful document.

Seeking Sustainability (PDF) Your news operation has launched, now what?

More Resources

Presentation: Nonprofit Journalism: Models of non-commercial journalism online and their sustainability challenge

Video: MinnPost CEO discusses site’s new ‘real-time’ advertising tool

Article: The Future of Nonprofit Journalism

Article: What makes a nonprofit news org 'legit'? Here’s one six-fold path

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Innovative Program Launches at Voice of San Diego

This week the Hub takes an inside look at the innovative membership program the Voice of San Diego launched in April (previously launched in a different form in 2011) called Raise Your Voice. (more…)

Veteran Insights

"But nonprofits all types are filling the void being left by traditional media — particularly in un-sexy places such as city halls and state capitals, and costly, far-flung places such as Baghdad and Port-au-Prince."
   By Jim Barnett
   Source: http://bit.ly/aOrVVz

"Run particularly engaging content on your first day."
   By Laura McGann
   Source: http://bit.ly/dqKfIj

"From our first day our job has been to fill the gaps between what people want from their local media and what they have."
   By Andrew Donohue and Scott Lewis
   Source: http://bit.ly/a4sE9L