Jun 14, 2009
Visit “Six criteria for new news” to view data rankings
Our survey seeks to highlight some of the emerging local online news publications. That means that we have avoided most established metropolitan news organizations’ online publications. In no way does this mean that they are not of major importance to local news coverage (or that they are not leaders in innovation in their own right).
Jun 19, 2009
| Source | 1 Point | 2 Point | 3 Point | 4 Point | 5 Point |
| Self reported
subscribers via RSS (and e-mail) |
0
(no email subscribers) |
1 –30
(1,000 emails) |
31–75
(2,000 emails) |
76–250
(3,000 emails) |
251+
(larger email lists) |
| Self-reported visitors monthly | Less than 1,000 | 1001–5000 | 5001–20,000 | 20,001–50,000 | 50,000+ |
| Self-reported time on site | Less than 2 minutes | 2–5
minutes |
5–10 minutes | 10–20 minutes | 20+ minutes |
| Google page rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4-5 | 6+ |
| Alexa traffic rank | (Not used) | None | Millions | Hundreds of thousands | Tens of thousands or less |
Community Media Workshop score: Subjective score based on factors such as local news coverage, community-oriented, original or unique; frequent updates; transparency; strong design; use of social media tools.
Jun 17, 2009
Our purpose was not to examine the largest online news publications in the Chicago area. In fact, we biased our investigation toward small and innovative online news sites. Had we included local print and broadcast home pages, these would likely have occupied many of the top 25 to top 30 slots in our rankings. For reference, here are 15 of those sites with their Alexa traffic rank, where available:
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URL |
Alexa rank |
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Chicago Tribune |
www.chicagotribune.com |
1,087 |
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Chicago Sun-Times |
www.suntimes.com |
2,410 |
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Chicago Breaking News Center |
www.chicagobreakingnews.com/blog/ |
13,835 |
|
Daily Herald |
www.dailyherald.com |
17,722 |
|
WBBM-TV |
www.cbs2chicago.com |
26,956 |
|
WMAQ-TV |
www.nbcchicago.com/news |
29,191 |
|
SouthtownStar |
www.southtownstar.com |
54,457 |
|
WBBM-AM |
www.wbbm780.com |
65,014 |
|
WFLD-TV |
www.myfoxchicago.com |
78,777 |
|
WGN-AM |
www.wgnradio.com |
138,279 |
|
WLS-AM |
www.wlsam.com |
142,905 |
|
WTTW-TV/ |
www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=1,4 |
233,630 |
|
WLS-TV |
abclocal.go.com/wls/index |
NA (subdomain of go.com) |
|
WGN-TV |
www.wgntv.com |
NA (subdomain of tribune.com) |
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CLTV |
www.cltv.com |
NA (subdomain of tribune.com)
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