The story of how Newsonaut flourished, went on life support, and is making a comeback

This is my entry for AuguStory , a blogging challenge from Robert Birming to tell the story of your blog. Once upon a time, Newsonaut was called Newsloops. The name was a mashup of news and Kamloops, reflecting my frequent commentary on local news for the newspaper where I worked. The internet was still new-ish back in 2010, but we could see it was coming for our lunch. One of our strategies was…