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November 15, 2019
New report: Successes and lessons learned from Stories of Atlantic City
This post on restorative narrative in Atlantic City, N.J. comes from the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, and is being republished here with the permission of…
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October 23, 2019
How Southern California Public Radio uses live events to connect with communities
This case study on Southern California Public Radio is from the Wyncote Foundation’s 2019 Building Stronger Communities Through Media report. It is the ninth in a series on innovations in…
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October 9, 2019
How New Orleans Film Society supports career pipelines in the South
"If we want social change, if we want stories of social change, we need to empower makers connected to those issues."…
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September 24, 2019
How Reel South connects local voices to national reach with southern storytelling
This case study on how Reel South supports southern filmmaking is from the Wyncote Foundation’s 2019 Building Stronger Communities Through Media report. It is the seventh in a series on…
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September 10, 2019
How Resolve Philadelphia powers solutions-oriented, collaborative reporting
This case study on how Resolve Philadelphia powers solutions-oriented, collaborative reporting on complex social issues is from the Wyncote Foundation’s 2019 Building Stronger Communities Through Media report. It is the…
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August 27, 2019
How Capital Public Radio puts the public at the center of storytelling
What are public radio newsrooms doing to reach beyond their traditional audiences and learn from the communities they cover?…
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Here at the Lab we are constantly experimenting with new models of collaboration, community engagement, and sustainability. To share what we are learning we created a set of lab reports that are packed with ideas and practical tools for local newsrooms.
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Start-up Guide
For Profit, Nonprofit and Beyond: Considerations for Media Start-ups By…
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Focus Groups Guide
Conducting Focus Groups to Understand Local News Audiences By Jessica…
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Crowdfunding Guide
Lessons on Building Lasting Revenue and Relationships through Crowdfunding Campaigns…
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