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November 21, 2014
Subscribe to the Local Fix to have it delivered via email each Friday. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of…
November 21, 2014
Subscribe to get the Local Fix delivered each Friday. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news, starting with…
November 14, 2014
The Radiotopia Kickstarter campaign comes to a close today after raising more than $600,000 from nearly 22,000 fans. The success of a campaign like this is a complex…
November 10, 2014
In 2002 NPR’s vice president for diversity, then a faculty member at the Poynter Institute, described an idea he called “The Listening Post.” “Journalists interested in telling more of a community’s…
October 31, 2014
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…
October 28, 2014
What are the best practices for small hyperlocal news start-ups to ethically cultivate a network of freelancers and community contributors? This question has been gnawing at me for awhile…
October 24, 2014
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…
October 17, 2014
I've got a slightly different format for the Local Fix this week, but we will still start with one good idea: One Good Idea: Be State Smart. The nonpartisan…
October 10, 2014
Welcome to the Local Fix - we are catching up on a few past issues - this is from the week of Oct 10. Each week we look at key…
