Site Url: http://sparkaction.org
Target community: national 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: 20%
- Students: 20%
- Aggregate content of others: %
- Others: 10%
Site's focus: child and youth well-being, policy, and stories of youth-driven change
Target audience size: more than 100,000
Year founded: 2009
Who or what started your project?
- a professional journalist(s)
- a nonprofit
- another source
Update frequency: multiple times a day
Which online networks do you use?
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SparkAction
- Twitter: @sparkaction
- Other network(s): http://pinterest.com/sparkaction/, youtube.com/sparkaction
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?- grants
- How many full time staffers: 2
- How many part-time staffers: 2
- How many volunteers:
- How many students: dozens
Annual operating budget: $300,000 to $500,000 per year
Contact Information
Location: Brooklyn, NY, United States of America
Contact URL: http://sparkaction.org/contact-us
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
- Covering news not covered: 6
- Watchdogging local government and public officials: 3
- Investigating issues or wrongdoings: 1
- Helping your community solve problems: 6
- Empowering community members: 6
- Developing opportunities for community dialogue: 5
- Collaborating with local partners: 6
- Involving community to shape local content: 6
- Making a profit: 1
- Being a sustainable operation:
What else should people know about your site?
SparkAction is a collaborative journalism and action-focused site to mobilize change for and by young people. We cover the full range of issues from birth to 26 and focus on (1) helping quality content and information reach a broader audience, (2) ensuring youth voice is always a part of the work and (3) helping our audience turn information into action, locally or via e-advocacy.
What are your suggestions and/or links to other community news sites that should be added to the directory?
http://www.bkbureau.org/
What Kids Can Do (wkcd.org)