Ok, so not my only hope. National ad sales are picking up this holiday season as well as local ad sales. I'm in dire need of resources, though. Bessie (my car) is dying. (Just ask Mark Glaser!)

I came across this piece at Poynter today and it really upset me. I posted a response in the comments, but there are other things I want to add.

I just became conscious of something - I tend to personally be less apt to delete or skip something in my email inbox than miss it via my RSS reader. I guess that's pretty basic, but it strikes me as important. How would you quantify (via advertising) that email newsletters are worth more than RSS feeds?

Hello, world. Just popping in again real quick to share some thoughts. Mostly concerning the Myers-Brigg INFP personality type as it relates to grassroots journalism.

two years
all but
done &
these
moments
i have w/me,
these tiny moments
of grassroots journalism
with a capital J, with a way
of seeming right, like something
you can get behind...

and i spend more time in Elwood now,
but it's a good thing. i'm helping another
start something here and can also use it as a

One of the things that came up at the first meet-up earlier in the month was that the grassroots media efforts should be horizontal rather than vertical. Maybe that's one of the differences. For purer journalism, you want at least some trained in traditional reporter/writer/editor type of (vertical) management.