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The Forum (formally The Philbrick-James Forum) is an all-volunteer organization, based in Deerfield, N.H., that provides news and information and serves as an outlet for sharing of events, opinion, and creative expression. It has grown from covering Deerfield to also providing coverage of nearby Candia, Northwood and Nottingham. It also publishes periodic print issues.
Project Updates
- Success Breeds Competition for The Forum (October, 2007) - The Forum has reached a level of success even its founders did not anticipate. Let the numbers speak: In the past year alone, its second in operation, bylined contributors have nearly tripled to 211 people. The Forum now averages 37 original articles weekly. And readership has grown significantly, from 200,000 hits in May 2006 to […]
- New Hampshire Forum’s Momentum Builds (May, 2006) - Through its first nine months, The Forum in Deerfield, N.H., has grown to 72 bylined contributors from 10, raised $10,900 in advertising and other support, published two print editions, and snared about 3,500 unique visitors per month from a population of only 16,000 – and only half of those have Internet access. “We are serving […]
- The Forum Prints Municipal Election Edition (February, 2006) - The Forum published its municipal election print edition in March, its second print publication and a major milestone for the small-town New Hampshire publication that gets its content from volunteer contributors. “This topic is one of the major reasons we wanted a newspaper,” said editor Maureen Mann. With no regular local print edition offering coverage […]
- Deerfield Forum Launches a Print Edition (November, 2005) - By mid-December, just four months after the Aug. 19 launch of its website, The Forum was selling its first, limited-run print edition for Deerfield, N.H., residents who do not have computers or Internet access – just $2 an issue and an “ideal stocking stuffer,” pronounced an online item. “It was clear from early feedback that […]
- The Forum Launches with Plans for Expansion (August, 2005) - The Forum has added sections for Candia, Northwood and Nottingham, and is soliciting volunteers for all towns. Candia and Northwood both have articles posted, far ahead of their previous goal of having content by early 2006. The Forum, the new online newspaper for Deerfield, N.H., and surrounding towns launched in late August after a whirlwind […]
