MarketInk: San Diego Sun, Newest Local Media Outlet, is Funded by Facebook

Journalist Ron Donoho Journalist Ron Donoho has been covering San Diego since 1996, both as a staff employee and freelancer. He is a former editor of San Diego Magazine, San Diego Home & Garden Lifestyles and San Diego CityBeat. As a freelancer, his articles have appeared in more than three dozen national newspapers, consumer magazines and news websites. Donoho also has taught magazine writing and production at Point Loma Nazarene University and served as chief content officer at Ballotpedia.org, a national website on politics. His career has included long-form writing, investigative reporting and news writing. He also operates a travel website called “Junkets & Jaunts.” His latest venture, called San Diego Sun, is a news website financed through Meta, the new name for Facebook. It’s believed the Sun is San Diego’s newest local news media outlet. In June 2021, Donoho applied for funding from Meta through the International Center for Journalists. He was selected as one of 50 local independent journalists around the country to receive multi-year agreements in exchange for creating content to appear on Facebook Bulletin, a new standalone newsletter subscription service offering free and paid articles and podcasts. Donoho said many journalists selected by Facebook for funding are…
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