March 16, 2015
Media, Millennials and Making News That Matters
Comparing the findings of two youth media studies a decade apart and what they tell us about reporting with and for our communities. Local news sites — especially online…
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March 13, 2015
When Local News Isn’t Really Local
In New Jersey, New York’s shadow can mean a less healthy news ecosystem. (This article by Rutgers University professor Philip M. Napoli originally appeared at the Nieman…
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March 11, 2015
Building Journalism With Community Starts With Building Trust
In early 2015 I wrote a post about why journalists should focus on building the future of news with communities, not just for them. I’m following up on that…
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March 9, 2015
Melody Kramer on Newsroom Analytics: Measurement Without Action Doesn’t Matter
The Dodge Foundation and the Center for Cooperative Media and Montclair State University recently hosted Melody Kramer for an all day bootcamp on newsroom analytics and membership models.
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March 5, 2015
Closing the Gaps in Local News
New Pew Research Finds Gulf Between People People’s Hunger for Local News and their Satisfaction with Local Media. People are hungry for local news and they follow local issues and…
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February 11, 2015
Local Fix: Building Better News Products, #PubRadioVoice and Spreading the (Journalism) Plague
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news, starting with one good idea... One…
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February 11, 2015
Local Fix: News Events, Empathic Design, Finding Solutions and Fellowships
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news, starting with one good idea... …
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February 3, 2015
Impact is Not a Four Letter Word
Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of nonprofit organizations more than when a funder asks about impact. Foundations demand that nonprofits measure and understand the impact of their work, but…
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January 29, 2015
Legal Tips for Local News Publishers
This guest post by Amy Gahran originally appeared on the Knight Digital Media Center website. It is reposted here with permission. Like any publisher, people who provide community news…