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RT @mashable: HOW TO: Launch Your Own Indie Journalism Site
Earlier this month, I recast varying viewpoints pertaining to the disconnect between newspapers and their readers, the much-discussed "death" of mainstream media and an increased trend in journalists staking their claim in seed funding.
Mashable recently highlighted Editors Unleashed, a website devoted to wannabe indie publishers that feel the itch of entrepreneurism when their former desk assignment is eliminated or, in the case of Conde Nast's Portfolio, their entire news op goes the way of FuckedCompany.com. These aspiring Arianna Huffingtons go for broke, learning the ins and outs of starting a business and staying afloat, all the while bracing for the roller coaster ride that is adapting to the social media news cycle (read: five minutes ago).
Former journos from Forbes (who I don't believe was ready for all the attention) on down are offering first-hand tips on taking their tickler files to the streets. Perhaps this will help "real" stringers to restore order to the Wild West that can often times be citizen journalism.
Also worth noting: the site favors WordPress as the CMS of choice. Django is worth a look as well, but for an old WordPress coot like me, that was welcome news.
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