Dade City Wire
In what started as a podcast only, the Wire quickly grew into a podcast, print newspaper, website, and social media presence. In 4 short months, we established ourselves as the up and coming, authoritative news source serving Dade City, Florida.
We covered all things Dade City from local businesses, to politics, to sports, and everything in between. We recorded 27 podcasts, circulated over 8,500 print newspapers, and had over 17,000 website views in under 4 months.
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Key Achievements
- Founded a news outlet complete with podcast, print newspaper, social media presence, and website
- Developed a business model and created a business plan
- Prepared financial forecasts and maintained financial documents
- Established a team of freelance journalists and photographers
- Grew social media presence to 2,200+ followers
- Consistently created 20,000+ monthly social media post engagements
- Achieved 100,000+ podcast downloads
- Managed a website with 17,000+ organic views
- Designed the print newspaper, website, and all advertising
- Collaborated with event managers, city leaders, and business owners
- Wrote and gave a speech to the local Kiwanis Club
- Conducted field interviews, attended events, took photographs, and wrote articles
- Selected and edited material for publication
- Recorded 27 news and current events podcasts
- Created and edited audio and video content for distribution
- Established 50+ local distribution locations for the print version
- Distributed 8,700 total print newspapers
- Coordinated a Kickstarter campaign to raise money