July 18, 2017
Editors, don’t waste time reminiscing on the glory days
By Marty Kaiser, Democracy Fund Senior Fellow This is part of a series of Q and As with leaders at news organizations. I asked leaders…
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July 17, 2017
Speak up more, brainstorm with everyone and don’t take that difficult boss personally
By Marty Kaiser, Democracy Fund Senior Fellow This is part of a series of Q and As with leaders at news…
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July 14, 2017
‘Focus on your readers, start thinking about ways that you can solve their problems, and act on that.’
By Marty Kaiser, Democracy Fund Senior Fellow This is part of a series of Q and As with leaders at news organizations. I asked leaders to…
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July 13, 2017
USA Today managing editor for news: ‘Change is like oxygen: We need it to exist.’
By Marty Kaiser, Democracy Fund Senior Fellow This is part of a series of Q and As with leaders at news organizations. I asked…
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July 12, 2017
How do leaders lead through tough times? Let’s get outside our own newsrooms and find out
By Marty Kaiser, Democracy Fund Senior Fellow It’s not exactly breaking news to say that the media landscape is changing – rapidly and relentlessly. More than ever,…
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July 7, 2017
Local Fix: Amplifying Awesome Journalism, Smart Strategies for Subscriptions and Memberships
Welcome to the Local Fix. In our weekly newsletter we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news. But first, we…
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June 5, 2017
Innovation Fund Case Study: Expanding into digital audio? Watch out for the pod-holes
By INN Staff | June 5, 2017 Mark Johnson (left) and and Mike…
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April 20, 2017
How New Hampshire Public Radio Created a Podcast About Civics That People Want to Listen to
In times of confusion, go back to the basics. That was, more or less, the thinking behind Civics 101, the explainer podcast by New Hampshire Public…
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March 24, 2017
Local Fix: Answer Your Emails, Sports Innovators, and Submit Your Ideas
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news. But first,…
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March 13, 2017
Announcing a New Fund to Fight Misinformation
Today a coalition of foundations including Democracy Fund, Knight and Rita Allen Foundations are launching a joint fund to support creative ideas to address the question: how…
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March 10, 2017
Local Fix Readers Share the Women Working in Local News They Admire
Every week, the Local Fix newsletter explores journalism sustainability, innovation, and community engagement through the lens of local news. At the core of all of that are the…
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February 23, 2017
Three Ways Local and National Collaborations Partner Now
Students and journalists work together to cover the 2016 Presidential Election as part of ProPublica’s Electionland project. Photo by Simon Galperin If you’re a…
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January 31, 2017
Welcome to the New Local News Lab
No one may truly know what the future of media and journalism holds. But one thing is certain – no matter what technological, economic, or cultural shifts occur, a…
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December 23, 2016
A Year of Discovery: The Journalism and Media Projects You Fell in Love With in 2016
At the end of 2016 I asked people in my networks what one new podcast, journalist or other media project they discovered this year and fell…