What is BNN Campaigner? — BNN Campaigner leverages the largest local news network in the world to expose and promote campaigns for social good. What do we do? The Breaking News Network (TBNN.it), and its affiliated networks covering local topical news, can amplify campaigns nationally across over 400 city news feeds, and create social engagement that no other national…

Advertising #Fails — Voters perceive advertising, and its cousins content marketing and retargeting (ads that follow you around), as propaganda. An ad is an ad, consumers aren’t fooled. Social Media Enables Candidate Credibility Pre-Internet, third party candidates, like Ross Perot and Ralph Nader, were outliers with no chance because the kingmaking power and money were concentrated within the…

The Breaking News Network (“BNN”), established in 2009, is currently the largest and most comprehensive local news network in the world. From day one, the network has been dedicated to community service and social impact. The network curates over 18,000 community voices - local media, politicians, civic groups, nonprofits, cultural…

Over the past 10 months, The Breaking News Network has syndicated 24,000+ stories by 150 independent news publishers to local readers in 100 major cities. The syndication program was launched in February 2015 as a way to ensure that local news by national indie journalists and publishers (like Mother Jones…

Three trends have changed the news ecosystem, and opened doors for any movement to create a viable news media presence. — #1) News discovery and consumption are moving to social media, and away from traditional websites A new study by Pew Research released on July 14 states more Americans are consuming news on Twitter and Facebook. “The Stream now dominates the way people receive information on the web. Fewer users are directly checking dedicated webpages, instead getting fed by a never-ending flow of information that’s picked…

On Election Day 2008, Barack Obama had over 118,000 followers on Twitter, leading challenger John McCain’s 4,300. “Were it not for the Internet, Barack Obama would not be president.” - Adriana Huffington President Obama kicked off digital campaigning in 2008. Grass roots advocacy is facilitated by social media In 2012, social media proved that it connects candidates with their constituents on a macro scale. …

An initiative by Baltimore Community Foundation to support the rebuilding of businesses and lives in Baltimore — https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/marilyn-mosby3.jpg?quality=65&strip=color&w=1100

How The Breaking News Network supports the Give Local America movement by getting the word out at the local level Give Local America is a 24-hour crowdfunding event designed to empower every person to give back to their local communities by supporting the organizations they trust to tackle today’s most critical issues. This year #GiveLocal15 is on Tuesday, May 5. Give Local America and The Breaking News Network are collaborating…

Defining the curation methodology that will provide sustainable delivery of topical news to local readers across hundreds of cities — http://austinkleon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/amoa-6.jpg The Big Hole in Local News: Topical Coverage Local news reporting is incomplete. Traditional local news follows a well worn formula of crime, accidents, traffic, weather, and sports. The challenge is finding localized news revolving around topics that aren’t well covered by the traditional local news media because they may be too esoteric or narrowcast for the…