Site Url: http://www.gimby.org
Target community: USA
Is the site active?
Professional journalists?
Paid staff?
Is the site part of a network?
Is the site a media affiliate?
Content created by:
Who contributes to your content?
- Professional journalists: %
- Community members: 10%
- Students: 10%
- Aggregate content of others: %
- Others:
Site's focus: Community (local/regional) impact of federal government activities
Target audience size: more than 1 million
Year founded: 2011
Who or what started your project?
- a nonprofit
Update frequency: multiple times a day
Which online networks do you use?
- Facebook: GIMBY
- Twitter: GIMBYnow
- LinkedIn: Government in My Backyard
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? Yes
Does your site provide training? Yes
Business model: Nonprofit
What are your sources of revenue?- advertising
- grants
- donors
- events
- How many full time staffers: 2
- How many part-time staffers: 3
- How many volunteers: 2
- How many students: 1
Annual operating budget: between $100,000 and $300,00 per year
Contact Information
Location: Washington, DC, United States of America
Contact URL: http://gimby.org/contact
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
- Covering news not covered: 5
- Watchdogging local government and public officials: 6
- Investigating issues or wrongdoings: 4
- Helping your community solve problems: 6
- Empowering community members: 6
- Developing opportunities for community dialogue: 6
- Collaborating with local partners: 6
- Involving community to shape local content: 3
- Making a profit: 2
- Being a sustainable operation:
What else should people know about your site?
GIMBY is trying to bridge the gap and connect the dots between Washington, DC and communities around the country by focusing on the branch of government -- the executive branch and its agencies -- that are the primary contact point for people with the federal government in America. We want to create a conversation around federal agency performance that helps solve problems and build a more constructive, less politicized approach to fixing government in America.
What are your suggestions and/or links to other community news sites that should be added to the directory?
http://madvilletimes.com/
http://www.hometownfocus.us/