Anatomy+of+a+Launch

=Anatomy of a Launch= [|Newspaper in a Box] -- A J-Lab project, Newspaper in a Box was put together by Mark Briggs, author of Journalism 2.0. It offers general guidelines on how to start your own Web-based news site, "without contracting out for Web design, coding or consulting." Organized into four sections, the e-learning module covers how to plan your site, build your site, present it and promote it. Each subsection has room for comments.

[|Thinking about starting an online news business? Here's your start-up checklist] - Robert Niles' October 2010 good step-by-step checklist for news entrepreneurs. He published it on [|OJR.org].

[|Starting your news website: A checklist for students and mid-career beginners] - The 2009 version. Robert Niles put together this basic primer on OJR.org., from how to choose a domain to advertising info. Check the comments, because the advertising part isn't comprehensive, and small niche news sites take different approaches.