May 14, 2015
Losing Our History: Link Rot and Local News
“If you work in a newsroom today, the legacy of your born-digital content is probably at risk… If you run a digital news business, one…
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May 12, 2015
Three Must Read Newsletters for News Nerds
Our newsletter has been growing quickly in recent weeks, thanks to all of you who have been helping spread the word. There are a lot of…
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May 11, 2015
New Guides for Helping You Crowdfund Journalism
One of our partner sites, New Brunswick Today, recently completed a successful crowdfunding campaign. I talked with the editor there and went…
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May 6, 2015
Rebuilding the Infrastructure for Independent Media
Much of the work we’ve been doing over the past year has focused on creative experiments designed to help local news sites develop community-driven products…
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May 3, 2015
How Is Your Newsroom Using Data?
The Dallas Morning News is creating a central “rolodex” of data about the people they are reporting on (sources, politicians, and other contacts). Justin Ellis at Nieman Lab…
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May 1, 2015
Yes, I’m Aggregating the Debate About Aggregation
Last month 538’s Nate Silver took Vox to task for its aggregation of maps and charts on social media. Which prompted a long…
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April 29, 2015
Mapping the Intersection of Journalism and Civic Technology
When we put community at the center of our work we discover new connections between journalism and civic technology. On April 4 Laurenellen McCann at Smart Chicago hosted…
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April 22, 2015
We Need to Talk About Burnout in Local Newsrooms
In the wake of this week’s Pulitzer Prize announcements we learned that two of the journalists from the winning reporting teams have left journalism. One left…
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April 13, 2015
16 Lessons for Creative Revenue Strategies and Community Engagement
(This post originally appeared in our weekly newsletter, The Local Fix. Subscribe here.) In early April four major reports were released that address the intersection of local journalism, revenue sustainability and…