Type of site | News website |
|---|---|
| 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]
History
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]
Funding
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]
References
- ^ a b Andy Newman (November 5, 2017). "News Sites With Local Ambitions Hope to Fill Digital Void". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c "Scrappy Brooklyn news site ventures into print". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
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^ NYTimes gave as an example
"Breaking: a 27,000-gallon oil spill toward Gravesend Bay". BKLYNER.
(NYTimes) that the authorities had not made public
- ^ "NYTimes: to introduce a bill requiring agencies to immediately notify local officials of pollution hazards.
- ^ "Brooklyn luxury tower's rooftop pool will be highest in the city". New York Post. February 4, 2018.
- ^ "Brooklyn Councilman Kalman Yeger kicked off immigration committee". New York Daily News. April 1, 2019.
- ^ "Why NYC feels so much less safe, even when major crime is still down". New York Post. December 1, 2019.
- ^ a b founded 2007, sold 2011 to Corner Media: Vivian Yee (July 16, 2014). "Corner Media Expands Its Network of Brooklyn Blogs". The New York Times.
- ^ Ditmas Park Corner was standalone 2012 thru 2017, then "incorporated into" "Ditmas Park Corner Joins BKLYNER - BKLYNER". BKLYNER. December 28, 2016.
- ^ NYT: starting salary $30,000
- ^ Liena Zagare (August 26, 2021). "Bklyner's Last Day: Sept. 10". Bklyner.
- ^ Liena Zagare (March 31, 2022). "Bklyner Spring Pop-up: Back to bring you local election coverage and more". Bklyner.
- ^ The author is BKLYNER's founder's husband: Ben Smith (March 29, 2020). "Bail Out Journalists. Let Newspaper Chains Die". The New York Times.