April 13, 2018
37 people struggling to get by in New Jersey
“Humans of New Brunswick” by Wande Ogun This post was originally published by Free Press and is republished with permission. By Mike Rispoli When it comes…
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April 13, 2018
Case study: How USA Today Network’s collaborative journalism project ‘The Wall’ shined a light on border security
Desert Sun reporter Gusatvo Solis (background, from left), Arizona Republic reporter Daniel González and Republic videographer David Wallace interview a human smuggler in Mexicali, Mexico. (Nick Oza/USA TODAY NETWORK)…
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March 27, 2018
Case study: How a Midwest collaboration helped uncover tax shortfalls in Kansas schools
An image of a wind turbine from the Flatland project by Brad Austin This post was originally published by the Center for Cooperative Media and…
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March 1, 2018
Apply to the North Carolina Local News Lab Fund until March 30
The North Carolina Local News Lab Fund is pleased to open its first call for applications. We are looking for ideas from community groups, newsrooms,…
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January 31, 2018
Newsrooms should strengthen relationships among community members, report recommends
Photo by Abrinsky/CC By Jessica Mahone, Democracy Fund Public Square Research Associate Conversations between academic research and local newsrooms are often siloed. Interesting and useful findings from research are…
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December 14, 2017
Advances in survey research make reporting polls a challenge for newsrooms, research shows
Photo via Markus Spiske, via Creative Common. By Jessica Mahone, Democracy Fund Public Square Research Associate Conversations between academic research and local newsrooms are often siloed. Interesting and…
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November 17, 2017
Neighborhood involvement is a critical factor in the sharing of hyperlocal news, research shows
By Jessica Mahone, Democracy Fund Public Square Research Associate Conversations between academic research and local newsrooms are often siloed. Interesting and useful findings from research are trapped in long papers…
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November 16, 2017
How the media lost the public’s trust — and how they’ll earn it back
This post originally appeared on LinkedIn and is republished with permission. LinkedIn editor Isabelle Roughol interviewed Democracy Fund Senior Fellow Geneva Overholser about the crisis of trust that…
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October 31, 2017
‘We’re too stubborn to quit’: How this New Mexican town sustains two local newspapers
This post originally appeared in Sara Catania’s JTrust newsletter and is republished with permission. The weekly newsletter collects work “around the theme of restoring trust in journalism,” and Catania hopes it “will inspire…