11-Year-Old Entrepreneur Celebrates 200th Edition Of His Newspaper

The local paper has been struggling for some time now. Gannett announced last month that it was installing a pay wall on its 82 daily papers. The Journal Register Company, which publishes over 150 newspapers in the Northeast, filed for bankruptcy in 2009. But one local paper in south Boulder just celebrated its fifth birthday and 200th edition with nothing but good news. Its revolutionary model was pioneered by a 6-year-old.

Eli Boardman is now 11, and is still editor-in-chief, reporter, illustrator, salesman and delivery boy. While many entrepreneurs have launched local news sites, hoping to create that slippery buzzword "community," Boardman has actually done it with the TheBoardman Camera. Because he genuinely wanted to get to know more about his neighbors.