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Victoria Advocate community website







Site URL:http://victoriaadvocate.com
Target community:Crossroads region of South Texas

Who contributes your content?

Professional journalists:60%
Community members:30%
Students:5%
Aggregate content of others:5%
Target audience size:more than 100,000

Who or what started your project?

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/VictoriaAdvocate
Twitter URL:http://twitter.com/http://twitter.com/Vicadvocate
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites?Yes
Provides training?Yes
Business model:For-profit
What are your sources of revenue?
Advertising:Yes
Subscriptions:Yes

How are you staffed?

How many full-time staffers:35
How many part-time staffers:1
How many volunteers:1000
How many students:3

Annual operating budget:

$1 million to $5 million per year

Contact Information
City:Victoria
State/Province:TX
Country:United States of America
Contact URL:http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/contact/

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

Covering news not covered:3
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:5
Involving community to shape local content:6
Making a profit:6
Being a sustainable operation:6

What else should people know about your site:

We stress collecting and distributing news "from us" (professional journalists) and "from you" (citizens)

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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