Kas vyksta Kaune
https://kaunas.kasvyksta.lt
Kas vyksta Kaune is a daily news website that started as a Facebook community. It was created in 2009, and gradually became one of the primary news sources for Kaunas, the former capital of Lithuania.
It publishes current news from the city of Kaunas and Kaunas's district municipalities, through video and audio reports, live streaming of events, interviews, and commentaries.
The website's strength is its network of active readers who contribute to news production, and make Kas vyksta Kaune the most informative news portal that unites the largest community in Kaunas, if not in Lithuania. The website is financed through advertising.
Last updated: January 2023
Location:
Kaunas, Lithuania
Year the organisation started publishing:
2009
Languages:
Type of coverage:
Regional
Area of coverage:
Kaunas
Content
Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Entertainment and culture
Sports
Economy and business
Education
Lifestyle
Law and crime
Environment
Politics
Health and well-being
Society and human rights
Technology
Journalism genres:
Interviews and reporting
Information services
Opinion
Investigative journalism
Reviews
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Crowdsourcing
Solutions or constructive journalism
Engaged, community-driven or participatory journalism
Collaborative journalism
Fact-checking
Curated/aggregated content
Breaking news
Live coverage of events
Data journalism
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Messaging service
Telegram
Social media platforms
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Radio streaming
Podcast
YouTube
Vodcast or other video platforms
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
Website
Audience and reach
Social media audience
Facebook number of followers:
266423
Twitter number of followers:
1273
Instagram number of followers:
15900
YouTube number of followers:
8620
Management and team
Founders
Female:
None
Male:
1
Founders:
Vaidas Pilkauskas
Directors:
Vaidas Pilkauskas
Team
Full-time employees:
8
Freelancers or consultants:
4
Volunteers:
2
Business structure and revenue sources
Organisation tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
YouTube channel income
Grants
Grants from Google
Advertising
Google Adsense
Programmatic ad networks
Affiliate advertising
Branded content or native advertising
National advertising sold by own team
Advertising for local governmental entities
Event sponsorships
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
National advertising sold by own team
The second most important revenue source reported:
Programmatic ad networks
Transparency
Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Doesn’t publish the names of donors
Doesn’t have an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Doesn’t publish a complaints policy
Doesn’t have a sexual harassment or institutional
violence policy
Is signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative,
or part of a press association
Publishes up to date information about its team