March 4, 2019
Journalism’s Dunbar number: Audience scales, community does not.
This guest post by Damon Kiesow, Knight Chair at The Missouri School of Journalism, was originally posted at Medium. It has been republished here with permission. News…
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February 15, 2019
What is a news ecosystem?
by Nancy Watzman, illustration by Joyce Rice We admit: the term “news ecosystem” may have a certain hypnotic effect, lighting up circuits in the typical human brain to file under “jargon.” However, at the…
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February 12, 2019
NewsMatch 2018 raises $7.6 million, fueling growth in local news and investigative journalism.
GroundTruth Project, Civil Beat, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, inewsource The last month has been a difficult one for journalism in America. In a span of just two weeks…
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February 11, 2019
Show don’t tell: continuing a legacy in journalism
How the Colorado Media Project will work to strengthen local news Sanford “Whitey” Watzman at his desk at The Cleveland Plain Dealer, sometime in the 1950s. This post…
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February 6, 2019
Whose agenda drives election coverage in North Carolina?
“Keeping “the citizens agenda” at the center of coverage doesn’t take big polls or fancy platforms: Sometimes, it’s as simple as listening to what people in your…
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November 8, 2018
This Wilmington, NC project is using stories to link communities and develop solutions
“I love public records, documents, data, ways to connect narratives to empiricism” This blog post is part of an ongoing series sharing stories from North Carolina Local News Lab…
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November 2, 2018
Four tips for local newsrooms to tap into employee matching gift programs
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash By Gabe Schneider NewsMatch, the largest grassroots fundraising campaign for nonprofit news, kicks off this week, but there are many…
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November 1, 2018
Collaboration is key for investigative reporting, Carolina Public Press founder says
“We view ourselves as a tool for North Carolinians seeking in-depth and investigative reporting.” This blog post is part of an ongoing series sharing stories from North Carolina Local…
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November 1, 2018
A bold funder collaboration focuses on supporting journalism that strengthens Democracy
NewsMatch 2018 launches with new funders, new newsrooms, new chances to support local news and investigative reporting, and more than $3 million in matching dollars for nonprofit news organizations.