Author Question: In a paragraph, explain how blog sites such as Gothamist or TechCrunch generate ... (Read 46 times)

Jramos095 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

In a paragraph, explain how blog sites such as Gothamist or TechCrunch generate revenue.

Question 2

Briefly define participatory journalism, and then write one or two paragraphs about how your school newspaper might benefit from engaging in it

juwms · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Jake Dobkins writes about New York City on the blog site Gothamist. Instead of drawing a salary from a newspaper as a food and entertainment reporter, he blogs about the latest in New York nightlife. Advertising revenue has been sufficient to support Dobkins and the sites cofounder, Jen Chung. Now with a staff of bloggers, editors, and ad salespeople, these entrepreneurs have expanded to nine cities in four countries.

Answer to Question 2

Newspapers of all sizes would rather run a blog with reader contributions tied into microblogs and social networking sites than pay reporters to write stories about events or issues that would interest only a small segment of their readership. By inviting information and opinion contributions, newspapers are finding that they can reach younger readers who did not grow up reading print newspapers. This trend toward having readers help write online news is called participatory journalism.