Berkeleyside

Journalists Lance Knobel, Tracey Taylor and Frances Dinkelspiel founded Berkeleyside in Berkeley, California, in 2009. A pioneer in the field of online local journalism with a staff of seven, Berkeleyside is seen as a model for digital local news, having built up a highly engaged audience and a high level of trust in the community it serves. In 201... 6-18 Berkeleyside was the first news organization in the country to make a direct public offering. In doing so, it raised $1 million from its community of readers. To date Berkeleyside has operated as a for-profit benefit corporation. Now it is reorganizing as a nonprofit organization. The as yet unnamed nonprofit umbrella will provide business and editorial oversight, fundraising, technical and membership support to Berkeleyside, the new Oakland news site, and future sites it launches.Read More