NewsTrust Baltimore

11/04/2011

Thoughtful analysis of our local news pilot in Baltimore, by Bruce Wallace, a former Baltimore journalist, on Columbia Journalism Review. This article is factual, well-sourced and fairly presents a variety of perspectives about our experiment.

The first thing you notice about NewsTrust Baltimore, an online aggregator of stories from local news sources, is how friggin’ civil all the commenters are.

09/07/2011

Here are some of the lessons we learned from our NewsTrust Baltimore pilot, with key takeaways on Baltimore's news ecosystem, the impact of local curation and education services, community engagement, sustainability and much more.

View the full report as a PDF file here:
http://bit.ly/nt-bmore-report

Here is our our final report on NewsTrust Baltimore, our local news experiment. In this last report, we summarize our activities on this multifaceted project and share some of our key findings about Baltimore's news ecosystem, the impact of our curation and education services on the local community ...

08/31/2011

We have just open sourced the code for NewsTrust.net, to make our tools available to more people. Developers can use our code for free to create their own social news sites. NewsTrust also provides consulting services to help partners adapt our platform to inform and engage their communities. Read more on our blog ...

Today, we're excited to announce that we are open sourcing the code for NewsTrust.net, our social news platform. We have just published that code on Github, under the name SocialNews. It runs on the popular Ruby on Rails web framework,...

08/10/2011

Here are the final stats of our NewsTrust Baltimore pilot. Stay tuned for our final report later this month.

Here are the final statistics from our six-month NewsTrust Baltimore pilot, from Jan. 31 to July 31, 2011. These results suggest that our local news experiment was well-received, with encouraging levels of participation from the Baltimore community.
A total of 21,048 people visited NewsTrust Baltim...

07/29/2011

We're wrapping up this six-month project, and we'd like to thank all our community members and partners for helping make this social-news experiment a success. It has been a real pleasure. Thank you, Baltimore!

07/27/2011

On our blog today, the NewsTrust Baltimore team shares their reflections on our local news experiment: http://bmoreblog.newstrust.net/2011/07/observations.html

As the NewsTrust Baltimore pilot winds down, we are publishing a series of reports about our local news experiment. For the past six months, we have provided a free online service to help local residents find good journalism about their city -- and become more discerning news consumers in the...

07/20/2011

Andrew Hazlett and Fabrice Florin share our findings on the local news ecosystem in our latest report.

How are the news media covering public issues in Baltimore? Are local citizens getting the quality journalism they need to make informed decisions about their lives and government? These were some of the key questions we wanted to address during our six-month NewsTrust Baltimore pilot.

07/19/2011

The Baltimore Brew shares some interesting charts from BNIA and the next Baltimore Data Day.

Reviews on ''Stats from the streets: “Baltimore Data Day”'' from Baltimore Brew. NewsTrust, your guide to good journalism.

07/15/2011

We've trained 26 teachers and more than 200 students during this pilot -- check out community manager Gin Ferrara's report for more info on our educational efforts in Baltimore.

As the NewsTrust Baltimore pilot winds down at the end of July, we are publishing a series of reports about our local news experiment. For the past six months, we have provided a free online service to help local residents find good journalism about their city -- and become more...

07/10/2011

Lots of news stories and opinion pieces are addressing the controversial State Center development in downtown Baltimore. You can see all the latest journalism on this important story at our "Development" topic page.

News stories posted to NewsTrust on the topic of Development. NewsTrust, your guide to good journalism.

07/06/2011

Our next installment in our series of reports is out -- this one, on editorial activities and our media partnerships, from editor Mary Hartney.

As the NewsTrust Baltimore pilot winds down at the end of July, we are preparing a series of reports about our local news experiment. For the past five months, we have provided a free online service to help local residents find good journalism about their city -- and become more...

06/29/2011

Today we posted our report on the community feedback we've received - thanks for sharing your ideas and perspectives with us! http://bit.ly/NTBsurvey

In April and May 2011, NewsTrust Baltimore staff invited members, partners and supporters to take a short online survey about our service. We asked them to share their perspectives on the usefulness and impact of our site and to make suggestions for improvements and new features. Here are our findin