University Taking Proposals for Ownership/Management of CrowNews.Net

By Courtney Lowery, Adjunct Professor, The University of Montana

The time has come to hand CrowNews.Net off to its community.

The aim with this project has always been to transition CrowNews.Net to someone or some organization that could keep it running in the community. The goal was to have the students of the Rural News Network give the site a head start and then find someone to sustain the project long-term.

To that end, the University of Montana is currently taking proposals from interested parties to take over management and ownership of CrowNews.Net.

No matter who takes the site over, we hope those of you who have contributed your time, energy, writing, photography and input continue to be a part of this project. You are, after all, the ones who have made this project what it is.

Our goal has always been for the site grow into a news hub both for the community and by the community and so the criteria for proposals reflects that sentiment.

You can download the information here on the call for proposals or read on for the memo from the School of Journalism: