Actually, I've got a couple of ideas. One thing, for sure, is that I would try to make subscription money instead of (only) advertising money from the site. We know that most news web sites make very little profit, and subscription prices for news sites are often rather high. I would be two systems:
1. Micro-pay. I don't subscribe to the NY Times, but sometimes I go drop $1 on an issue. I don't expect people to pay $50 a year for my site -- a simple 25 cents per day's issue would just fine with me. 2. Donations. No, not for me, but for "subscription scholarships" -- if you pay 50 cents per day for an issue, someone else could read the site, too; maybe there'd be an underwriter's listing, much like we hear about underwriter support on public radio in the U.S. Next: Wiki content in addition to traditional content. Professional reporters can be fantastic. But they can also fail readers. So, if you have internet access and can write, give us the untold story. A last thought: Easy reader feedback that actually is taken into consideration. Some sites -- Alternet is one -- simply open up a comments section to discuss articles. I only occasionally find that interesting as a reader. Other sites say they accept reader feedback, but it's (a) way too difficult to find the feedback form, (b) impossible to get your feedback to the person who would do something useful with, or (c) impossible to find out who that person _is_, never mind how to reach her. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
