Steve Fenberg | Boulder, Colo. | (720) 565-9317 | E-mail | Twitter | Website
New Era Colorado Foundation in Boulder started a blog site covering Colorado news and politics aimed at young people. Initial content came from 10 young-adult contributors (ages 17-30), who researched and posted stories and later content was produced by other contributors. The project also actively uses social networking applications.
Project Updates
- Social Media Fuels New Era Readers (June, 2011) - Since it launched in April 2010, New Era News has attracted more than 114,000 visits from almost 80,000 unique visitors. Readership has been growing steadily, fueled to date by more than 27,000 Facebook referrals. The site, which seeks to engage young people in politics and current events, relies on interns and volunteer writers to produce […]
- New Era Focuses on Return Visitors and Ad Sales (December, 2010) - By Lori Grisham, J-Lab Intern New Era News boasts substantial web traffic despite its fledgling status. Since its launch in April 2010, New Era News, an online source of politics and news focused on Boulder and Denver, Co., has had more than 40,000 unique visitors. “The vast majority of our readership is within Colorado and mostly […]
- New Era News Launches, Gets National Attention (April, 2010) - New Era News, a blog for young people to read and write about politics, launched in March and is off to a running start. Right away, both the Huffington Post and the popular blog Jezebel drove traffic to a story called “Can Feminists Wear Aprons?” — a cultural piece exploring the popularity of aprons and […]
