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Rawporter


Site Url: http://rawporter.com

Feed Url:

Target community: National with Global Possibilities

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: 90%
  • Students: 9%
  • Aggregate content of others:
  • Others: 0

Site's focus: Rawporter is helping everyday people cash in on being at the right place at the right time. We connect the media and the masses by building an on-demand mobile news force to capture events as they are happening.

Target audience size: more than 1 million

Year founded: 2011

Who or what started your project?

  • an individual
  • a professional journalist(s)
  • another source

Update frequency: multiple times a day

Which online networks do you use?

  • Facebook: http://facebook.com/rawporter
  • Twitter: http://twitter/rawporter
  • LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rawportermedia

Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? No

Does your site provide training? Yes

Business model: For-profit

What are your sources of revenue?

  • memberships
  • subscriptions
  • micropayments
  • payments for use of content

How are you staffed?

  • How many full time staffers: 3
  • How many part-time staffers:
  • How many volunteers:
  • How many students:

Annual operating budget: less than $100,000 per year

Contact Information

Location: Charlotte, NC, United States of America
Contact URL: media@rawporter.com

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

1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"

  • Covering news not covered: 6
  • Watchdogging local government and public officials: 6
  • Investigating issues or wrongdoings: 6
  • 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: 6
  • Making a profit: 4
  • Being a sustainable operation:

What else should people know about your site?

Contributor Benefits * Recognition with on-screen credit * Compensation for submissions that sell * Active participation in the evolution of new media Media Benefits * Efficient resource for fresh and abundant news content * Visceral and compelling content from a first-person perspective * Access to content not normally available through traditional sourcing methods * Ability to push assignments to Rawporter contributors

What are your suggestions and/or links to other community news sites that should be added to the directory?

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