Finding new voices and getting people published and paid is a success.

Helping people build their reputation, credibility, and authority is a success. Building communities where everyone -- Contributors, wider membership, publishers, advertisers -- sees the benefit of participating in it is a success.https://community.coralproject.net/t/introduce-yourself/42/248

Membership by Voice of San Diego

http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/12/voice-of-san-diego-is-spearheading-a-team-to-help-other-smaller-news-outlets-build-membership-programs/