Type of site | News website |
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Available in | English |
Founded | 2017 |
Headquarters |
Brooklyn, New York , United States |
URL |
bklyner |
Bklyner [1] (pronounced " Brooklyner", often stylized in all-caps) is a hyper-local news site from the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. [2]
It has been described as "telling the stories considered too small for the major newspapers to bother with." Exclusives such as a 27,000 gallon oil spill "that the authorities had not made public" [3] led to legal changes. [4]
Major New York City newspapers [5] such the New York Daily News and the New York Post cite their information as a source. [6] [7]
The site began in 2017 when several hyper-local sites merged into one. [2] The publication mostly publishes material online, but has also published printed newspapers. [2]
A neighborhood news website named Ditmas Park Corner, [8] after five years on its own, was folded into Bklyner. [9] Prior to merging into Bklyner, Ditmas Park Corner funded paying a reporter to walk around the neighborhood. [8] [10]
On 26 August 2021, editor Liena Zagare announced that Bklyner would cease publication on 10 September 2021 after over 50000 articles, citing financial sustainability issues and a burnout caused in particular by the two years prior. [11]
On 31 March 2022, Bklyner resumed publication. [12]
Bklyner, although it carries ads, in 2017 "cut its staff from six full-time reporters to two-and-a-half, primarily because ad revenue had fallen" [1] and also sought "paying subscribers, even though the site remains free." As of early 2020, ads and subscribers was still the support model for free access. [13]
(NYTimes) that the authorities had not made public