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RVANews







Site URL:http://rvanews.com
Target community:Richmond, Virginia

Who contributes your content?

Professional journalists:30%
Community members:20%
Others:40%
Target audience size:25,000 to 50,000

Year founded:

2007

Who or what started your project?

Project started by:an individual
Update frequency: multiple times a day
What media outlets do you use?
Facebook URL:http://facebook.com/rvanews
Twitter URL:http://twitter.com/@rvanews
Other media outlets:http://rvanews.tumblr.com
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites?Yes
Provides training?No
Business model:For-profit
What are your sources of revenue?
Advertising:Yes

How are you staffed?

How many full-time staffers:3
How many volunteers:5

Annual operating budget:

between $100,000 and $300,00 per year

Contact Information
City:Richmond
State/Province:VA
Country:United States of America
Contact URL:http://rvanews.com/contact

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

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:6

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

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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