Oakland Local turns 1 this week, Happy Birthday to us
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 21 May at 5:16pm.

Okay, we were too busy to plan a big party (we'll do it later), but that doesn't mean we didn't notice--Oakland Local turned one year old this week.  Yep, 12 months ago, OL went live, thanks to support from a J-Lab New Voices grant and lots of incredibly hard work from more than a few people.

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Support Oakland Local wherever you go - Order your T-shirt TODAY!

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 10 Jan at 7:59am.

It's on! 

Oakland Local is printing another batch of all-cotton, made in Oakland T-shirts with our Oakland Local logo. 

If you'd like a shirt - or several - now is the time to let us know by filling out this order form here: http://bit.ly/ztZBtq 

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OL Staff Shares: One writer's journey by Irene Florez
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Wed, 28 Dec at 8:15am.

(Editor's Note: As we end 2011 and move into a New Year, the Oakland Local staff and featured contributors would like to share some of our favorite stories, experiences and thoughts over the last 12 months.)

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Meet OL team, network with biz, community members at Fall Open House - TONIGHT!
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 24 Sep at 9:54pm.

Interested in getting involved with local, independent non-profit news? Have ideas about projects and stories Oakland Local should get involved with? Want to meet the team that puts out OL's stories every day (and runs our media training programs)? 

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Does Oakland Local audience support small business? New survey has some answers
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 3 May at 9:14am.

How important is it for Oakland residents to buy from local businesses?

According to Oakland Local readers, it's very important.

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Oakland Local seeks experienced sales people for its ad sales team
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 12 Mar at 11:51am.

Oakland Local - Oakland's local news and community site - is seeking sales and marketing interns to work on sales and marketing promotion programs. Stipend plus commission, plus pride at keeping local dollars in the community.

Help support local media by helping local business sell to our communities.

Job requirements

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Oakland Local makes first news sites list from Columbia Journalism Review
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 18 Jan at 8:42am.

This week, the Columbia Journalism Review released its News Frontier Database--searchable profiles of digital news sites of note around the country.  Oakland Local is honored to be one of the 10 local news sites on the list--and to be prof

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We've gotten to $3,200, need $1,800 more to meet our goal
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Fri, 14 Jan at 11:27am.

Thanks to our readers & community, Oakland Local has raised $3,200 of the $5,000 we're seeking to keep us publishing into 2011.

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