‘Community news sites are not a business yet’

Although Jan Schaffer just produced a masterful analysis of how to run a grassroots news site, she came up dry on the crucial question of how to turn those journalistic labors of love into sustainable businesses. The best she could do was tell the truth: “Community news sites are not a business yet,” says the forthright Schaffer.She ought to know. As the director of the J-Lab at American