ABOUT BARISTANET
Baristanet was born in May 2004 and soon after emerged as a leader in both hyperlocal blogging and the online citizen journalism movement. Baristanet receives more than 9,000 visits a day and is run by veteran journalists Debbie Galant and Liz George. It has inspired local news sites in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, New Haven, Watertown, MA and Red Bank, NJ. In March, Baristanet partnered with Montclair Kids to create Barista Kids, an indispensable guide for local parents.
The biggest contributors to the site are our readers -- their active participation has turned Baristanet into a true online community and the destination for breaking local news, airing opinionated views, and yes, poking fun at suburbia whenever possible.
Baristanet Strategic Alliances
Baristanet is interested in forging relationships with media partners,
big and small. We can offer technical and business infrastructure to
journalists wishing to start new sites that have synergy with ours --
in exchange for a share of revenues. Large media companies interested
in expanding into our geographic area should contact us about
possibilities for leveraging our brand. We are always interested in
talking to venture capitalists seeking to invest in the hyperlocal
media space.
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 Former “Jersey” columnist for The New York Times, Debbie Galant is also the author of three novels, “Rattled," “Fear and Yoga in New Jersey” and the forthcoming “Cars From a Marriage." debbie@baristanet.com |
 Liz George, an editor, writer and author, is co-owner of Baristanet. liz@baristanet.com |
 World traveler, urban explorer, gourmand, and venture humanist, Annette Batson has been photographing and covering local news, entertainment, and food for Baristanet since 2005. annette@baristanet.com |
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 Tom Biro is Baristanet's Web guy. When not doing tech support, blogging, or photographing his cat, he works in public relations. He's also been a blogger for ten years. (tom@baristanet.com) |
 As well as being Baristanet's graphic designer, Katie Mancine co-owns a web design and development company with Jenn. She will perform both jobs from the road next year as she continues her travels. katie@baristanet.com
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 Jenn Schiffer is part of Baristanet's tech team, a web developer and tech blogger. She is just a thesis away from her Masters in Computer Science at Montclair State University, where she also teaches. jenn@baristanet.com |
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 Kaity Creasy is a fourth-year philosophy student at New York University. She currently resides in Montclair. kaity@baristanet.com |
 Frances Pelzman Liscio, a former photo editor for Rolling Stone magazine, is a photographer and botanical artist living in Montclair. fran@baristanet.com |
 Bernadette Baum is a financial
journalist, and mother of two boys, who's worked on three continents. She's a photographer, and avid cook who runs a food blog, writes about health, parenting and real estate. bernadette@baristanet.com |
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 When abroad, Joyce Li is always surprised when people know about New Jersey, and dismayed when told she has a Jersey accent. She works in publishing when not at Baristanet. joyce@baristanet.com |
 Kristie Cattafi is Editor-in-Chief of The Montclarion and will be looking for a job in journalism after graduating in May. kristie@baristanet.com |
 Martta Rose Kelly, now in charge of pets coverage, lives in West Orange with her husband and very spoiled chocolate Lab, Kelly, a stray who she adopted last year through the help of Baristanet. During the day, she works in health care public relations. pets@baristanet.com |
Interns: Elizabeth Garcia (social networking), Allyson Dwyer.
Carl Bergmanson was a co-founder of Baristanet.
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