Here is a link to a honolulumagazine.com [1] article which outlines two on-line journalism organizations which cover Hawaii.
Realneo - in terms of how it is "financed" (ie. all donations of money and content-providing-time - no advertizing on Realneo), is different than both the Civil Beat (funded from wealthy civic-minded citizen) and the Hawaii Reporter (funded with on-line adverts). In terms of Realneo's monthly unique traffic - Realneo is very similar to the Hawaii Reporter [2]; Civil Beat [3] gets a bit more traffic than Realneo.
What efficiencies or advantages might be developed if similar on-line journalism/news operations were connected (say, perhaps, with integrated CMS software?)?
The Guild folks at the Dirty Dealer [4] need to be asking and answering questions about how to improve web journalism/news - and let go of the obsolete, inefficient, hard copy anachonism. The Guild folks also need to be digging deeper into messy local situations - without considering advertizing revenue sources and crony connections.
Links:
[1] http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/August-2012/Paperless-Press-in-Honolulu/index.php?cparticle=3&siarticle=2
[2] http://www.hawaiireporter.com/
[3] http://www.civilbeat.com/
[4] http://realneo.us/content/dirty-dealer-staff-contracts-clear-channel-bill-board-011215-better-have-satinder-puri-preve