Site Url: http://arlingtonmercury.org
Target community: Arlington County, Va.
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: 5%
- Students: 10%
- Aggregate content of others:
- Others:
Site's focus:
Target audience size: 50,000 to 100,000
Year founded: 2011
Who or what started your project?
- a professional journalist(s)
- a nonprofit
Update frequency: once a day
Which online networks do you use?
- Facebook: facebook.com/ArlingtonMercury
- Twitter: twitter.com/ArlingtonMerc
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? No
Does your site provide training? Yes
Business model: Nonprofit
What are your sources of revenue?- other sources
- How many full time staffers:
- How many part-time staffers:
- How many volunteers: 8
- How many students:
Annual operating budget: less than $100,000 per year
Contact Information
Location: Arlington, VA, United States of America
Contact URL: news@arlingtonmercury.org
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: 6
- Helping your community solve problems: 5
- Empowering community members: 4
- Developing opportunities for community dialogue: 5
- Collaborating with local partners: 4
- Involving community to shape local content: 4
- Making a profit: 1
- Being a sustainable operation:
What else should people know about your site?
"Where policy hits the pavement" is our slogan, at least among staffers. Arlington is known for the "Arlington Way," a process of engaging civic groups and citizens in the decision-making process. This engagement takes place at meetings, so we go to meetings, lots of meetings. Stories begin--and readers can have the most influence--at those earliest meetings. We report from them which with the hope that citizens, if they wish, will have time to react before final decisions are made. We talk with regular people and decision-makers. We aim to write in-depth stories that consider how the county's decision makers affect our readership. The Mercury is old school journalism because we believe Arlington needs it.