Site Url: http://www.area-info.net/
Target community: Covers the United States, city by city.
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: 75%
- Students: 2%
- Aggregate content of others:
- Others: 23%
Site's focus:
Target audience size: more than 1 million
Year founded: 2011
Who or what started your project?
- another source
Update frequency: multiple times a day
Which online networks do you use?
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? No
Does your site provide training? Yes
Business model: For-profit
What are your sources of revenue?- advertising
- How many full time staffers: 1
- How many part-time staffers:
- How many volunteers:
- How many students:
Annual operating budget: less than $100,000 per year
Contact Information
Location: Providence, UT, United States of America
Contact URL: http://www.area-info.net/contact_form.php
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
- Covering news not covered: 6
- Watchdogging local government and public officials: 6
- Investigating issues or wrongdoings: 3
- Helping your community solve problems: 6
- Empowering community members: 6
- Developing opportunities for community dialogue: 6
- Collaborating with local partners: 6
- Involving community to shape local content: 5
- Making a profit: 6
- Being a sustainable operation:
What else should people know about your site?
Area-Info.net was created to give people a voice in their community. We designed the site to be very local; to be a grassroots location where people can share news "over the fence."
What are your suggestions and/or links to other community news sites that should be added to the directory?
Because Area-Info.net is for local communities and not one specific location, would it be possible to list the "city home pages" for each of the county seats?