Site Url: http://rvanews.com
Target community: Richmond, Virginia
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: 20%
- Students:
- Aggregate content of others: %
- Others: 40%
Site's focus:
Target audience size: 25,000 to 50,000
Year founded: 2007
Who or what started your project?
- an individual
Update frequency: multiple times a day
Which online networks do you use?
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/rvanews
- Twitter: @rvanews
- Other network(s): http://rvanews.tumblr.com
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? Yes
Does your site provide training? No
Business model: For-profit
What are your sources of revenue?- advertising
- How many full time staffers: 3
- How many part-time staffers:
- How many volunteers: 5
- How many students:
Annual operating budget: between $100,000 and $300,00 per year
Contact Information
Location: Richmond, VA, United States of America
Contact URL: http://rvanews.com/contact
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
- Covering news not covered: 4
- Watchdogging local government and public officials: 1
- Investigating issues or wrongdoings: 2
- Helping your community solve problems: 4
- Empowering community members: 2
- Developing opportunities for community dialogue: 2
- Collaborating with local partners: 6
- Involving community to shape local content: 2
- Making a profit: 5
- Being a sustainable operation:
What else should people know about your site?
RVANews is actually the mother-site for 11 other community news sites. Each of the daughter sites covers a small geographic neighborhood (this includes a site that covers the James River). RVANews provides original content that is of a city-wide interest and aggregates the content from the 11 community sites.
What are your suggestions and/or links to other community news sites that should be added to the directory?
Here are the 11 community news sites we work with:
http://byrdpark.net
http://gjwn.net
http://chpn.net
http://fanofthefan.net
http://hillsandheights.org
http://nearwestendnews.net
http://northrichmondnews.com
http://oregonhill.net
http://shockoenews.com
http://wotbn.net