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27, 2007 Poynter Online centerpiece stories More Centerpieces QuickLink: A122177 Read how it all started - here.

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Heslin (more by author) E-mail this item Print this Page Add Your Comments on this Article In October 2005, projo.com launched its news blog, named it "9to5" and put it at the top of the home page.

We staffed it with one Web reporter and cultivated a network of early contributors from the staff of the newspaper.

We emphasized the importance of posting quick hits - within five minutes of the time we learned of any news.

The blog was an instant hit - traffic grew and we liked the energy it generated throughout the newsroom.

By the spring of 2006, we were convinced that the high-profile investment in breaking news was paying off, and we moved more resources to the cause: a morning producer and two reporters.

On April 3, 2006, we expanded and re-launched the news blog as "7to7." How it WorksOur basic protocol is that the 7to7 is projo.com's first reporting channel for breaking news.

The news gets to the blog staff in a variety of ways: posting, e-mail, or dictation - whatever works well in a given circumstance.

We've even set up a dedicated blog phone line and an e-mail address. RELATED RESOURCES 7to7: The Providence Journal's breaking-news blog"The News...

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(Note to wireless piggybackers: Any coffee shop owner willing to call her place of business "Brewed Awakenings" cannot at all be counted on to have anything like a useful sense of humor.) It was only a matter of time before businesses started trying to monetize what amounts to a state of near-total chaos in wireless connectivity.

We're all familiar with paid hotspots, for instance.

But that's a model no one's eager to sustain for long: There are costs associated with management and maintenance, for instance.

Unless, that is, a company were to hand off management and maintenance to its customers.

That's the FON model: Sell (or give away) a special wireless router anyone can connect to a home broadband connection.

The FON router provides a private network segment for the hosting user and a public wireless access point for passers by.

Prospective FON users (aka "Foneros") can either pay $39.95 for the FON "social router," keep an eye on the FON blog for the occasional $5 offer, or even flash an existing router's firmware, converting it into a social router at no cost.

The new fonero can decide how much bandwidth to parcel out to passers by, and whether to be a "Linus" or a "Bill." "Linuses" share their connection and, in turn, can s...