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Sheepshead Bites







Site URL:http://www.sheepsheadbites.com
Target community:Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York City

Who contributes your content?

Professional journalists:60%
Community members:15%
Others:10%
Target audience size:more than 100,000

Year founded:

2008

Who or what started your project?

Project started by:an individual
Project started by:a professional journalist(s)
Update frequency: multiple times a day
What media outlets do you use?
Facebook URL:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sheepshead-Bites/125215944173471
Twitter URL:http://twitter.com/http://twitter.com/#!/SheepsheadBites
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites?No
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:20

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.sheepsheadbites.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:6
Collaborating with local partners:4
Involving community to shape local content:4
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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