Site Url: http://yubanet.com
Target community: Sierra Nevada, CA
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: 15%
- Students:
- Aggregate content of others: %
- Others:
Site's focus:
Target audience size: more than 500,000
Year founded: --
Who or what started your project?
- an individual
- a professional journalist(s)
Update frequency: multiple times a day
Which online networks do you use?
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/Yubanet
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/YubaNet
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? Yes
Does your site provide training? Yes
Business model: For-profit
What are your sources of revenue?- advertising
- grants
- other sources
- How many full time staffers: 2
- How many part-time staffers: 0
- How many volunteers: 0
- How many students: 0
Annual operating budget: less than $100,000 per year
Contact Information
Location: Nevada City, CA, United States of America
Contact URL: http://www.yubanet.com/contactus.php
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
- Covering news not covered: 5
- Watchdogging local government and public officials: 6
- Investigating issues or wrongdoings: 5
- Helping your community solve problems: 4
- Empowering community members: 4
- Developing opportunities for community dialogue: 5
- Collaborating with local partners: 4
- Involving community to shape local content: 3
- Making a profit: 4
- Being a sustainable operation:
What else should people know about your site?
Includes an extensive section on wildfires in California. Winner of a 2011 USC Annenberg CA Reporting on Health Fellowship.
What are your suggestions and/or links to other community news sites that should be added to the directory?
http://www.natomasbuzz.com/
http://www.lakeconews.com/