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All four sites: 125,000
Revenue

  • More than $1 million
Primary revenue source(s)

  • Foundation grants
Last Publisher Update

  • 2015-07-22 19:55:30 UTC
Chalkbeat New York
New York
Chalkbeat

Chalkbeat New York used to be Gotham Schools. It is a founding bureau of Chalkbeat, a nonprofit network of schools sites formed in 2013. Chalkbeat was co-founded by Education News Colorado (now Chalkbeat Colorado) and has opened news operations in Indiana. Tennessee. Chicago, Detroit and Newark.  Revenue: Foundation grants, sponsorships, job board. 

 

City

New York

State

NY

Zip code

10001

Year launched

2008

Tax status

  • Nonprofit 501c3

Geographic scope

  • State

Other geographic focus

CO, TN, IN, NY

Scope of coverage

  • Provide niche news about one topic

Topics of coverage

  • Education & schools
  • Government & politics

Watchdog journalism?

  • Yes, occasional

Facebook link

facebook.com/chalkbeat

Site Twitter handle

@chalkbeat

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http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/01/start-small-plan-big-how-two-nonprofit-education-sites-came-together-to-build-a-network/