AUDIO: NewWest.net's Courtney Lowery at Knight event in L.A.

Courtney Lowery, editor-in-chief of NewWest.net, a Missoula, Mont.-based regional and local online news resource for the American Rockies, describes how she and co-founder Jonathan Weber have reached profitability doing quality jouranalism.

Lowery was among panelists at a four-day seminar: "Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary in Cyberspace," presented by the Knight Digital Media Center of the USC Annenberg School for Communication in
partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers. Approximately 30 editorial writers attended.