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Bensonhurst Bean







Site URL:http://www.bensonhurstbean.com
Target community:Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NYC

Who contributes your content?

Professional journalists:65%
Community members:15%
Others:10%
Target audience size:more than 100,000

Year founded:

2011

Who or what started your project?

Update frequency: multiple times a day
What media outlets do you use?
Facebook URL:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bensonhurst-Bean/160918257308942
Twitter URL:http://twitter.com/http://twitter.com/#!/BensonhurstBean
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites?Yes
Provides training?Yes
Business model:For-profit
What are your sources of revenue?
Advertising:Yes
Events:Yes
Payments for use of content:Yes
Other:Yes

How are you staffed?

How many full-time staffers:2
How many part-time staffers:2
How many volunteers:10

Annual operating budget:

less than $100,000 per year

Contact Information
City:Brooklyn
State/Province:NY
Country:United States of America
Contact URL:http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/contact/

How important is each of the following goals to your project?

Covering news not covered:6
Watchdogging local government and public officials:5
Investigating issues or wrongdoings:4
Helping your community solve problems:6
Empowering community members:6
Developing opportunities for community dialogue:5
Collaborating with local partners:4
Involving community to shape local content:5
Making a profit:6
Being a sustainable operation:6
This information is correct to the best of our knowledge, but if you’re an owner or founder of this site and the information here is incorrect, please e-mail Lisa Rowan at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with corrections.






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