August 21, 2020
Community starts with listening: How Santa Cruz Local gained 500 paying members in one year
“The more people feel heard, the more they value our work.”…
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July 1, 2020
Why Diana Alba-Soular is working on the wellbeing of New Mexico journalism
"Journalists are glad there is somebody on their side when there are so many people trying to tear down journalists or can’t understand the situations that they’re going through."…
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June 17, 2020
The numbers behind nonprofit news: 250 outlets, 60% reporting locally, millions of people served
What the INN Index and NewsMatch results show about the future of nonprofit news.
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June 10, 2020
Black lives matter. Black journalists matter
"When what is good to cover is good for a certain demographic, then we have a lot of chaos in the information ecosystem."…
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May 18, 2020
5 lessons about sharing power in journalism collaborations
"Community really is rooted in showing up over and over and over again."…
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April 27, 2020
Collaborations, conversations, and COVID-19: How 5 local news ecosystems are responding resiliently
If we are to successfully help local journalism not only survive, but transform in a way that will create systems level impact and longer term transformation, we must understand how…
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April 15, 2020
Journalism is an essential service during the pandemic. We must fund it like one.
Nearly eight in ten Americans are following coronavirus news closely. And they’re getting more than just news.