March 15, 2017
National newsrooms say size, bureaucracy and ‘do-it-ourselves’ mentality are biggest obstacles to collaboration
We’re complicated, we have trust issues and we can just do it ourselves, anyway. Those may sound like…
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March 7, 2017
Data Matters: Investing in Infrastructure to Support Diverse Newsrooms
Photo by Michael Hicks, distributed via Creative Commons As part of ongoing research for…
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March 1, 2017
Hurdles to collaboration: Local newsrooms cite resources, lack of interest and not knowing who to ask
To quote Sarah Koenig, if this is the first time you’re joining us, stop. Go back and read our first post, about ways local and national news…
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February 24, 2017
Local Fix: Newsletter Guide, Switch Up Your Meetings, and Useful Lists
Welcome to the Local Fix newsletter. Get the Fix in your inbox by subscribing at tinyletter.com/localfix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through…
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February 22, 2017
A List of More Than 50 Organizations Working on Inclusion in Media
This is an excerpt from The State of Diversity in the Media: A Field Analysis on DemocracyFund.org. The Democracy Fund recently completed a field analysis of organizations working…
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February 19, 2016
New Report: Lessons Learned from the Local News Lab
Sharing what we’ve learned from our experiments in revenue and community engagement for local news. By Molly de Aguiar and…
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February 5, 2016
Rethinking Philanthropy to Support Local News
Lessons from the Local News Lab — Part Five This is part five of six essays documenting what we have learned about building new networks for local news and fostering more…
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February 4, 2016
How Journalism Networks Can Strengthen Local News Ecosystems
Lessons from the Local News Lab — Part Four This is part four of six essays documenting what we have learned about building new networks for local news and…
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February 3, 2016
Rethinking Community Engagement Inside and Outside Newsrooms
Lessons from the Local News Lab — Part Three This is part three of six essays documenting what we have learned about building new networks for local news and…
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February 2, 2016
Lessons from the Local News Lab – Part Two
This is part two of six essays documenting what we have learned about building new networks for local news and fostering more creative, sustainable and community driven…
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February 1, 2016
Lessons from the Local News Lab – Part One
This is part one of six essays documenting what we have learned about building new networks for local news and fostering more creative, sustainable and community-driven journalism.
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July 14, 2015
Creating A New Model of Technology Support for Community Journalism
By Molly de Aguiar and Josh Stearns When we set out to invest in creative experiences in journalism sustainability and community engagement we promised we’d share everything we are learning.
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July 13, 2015
7 Posts That Will Teach You How To Try Something New
I’m always keeping an eye out for simple lessons that people in local newsrooms can build on and adapt for their communities. To that end, here are seven “how-to” posts,…
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June 26, 2015
All Together Now: Best Practices in Journalism Collaboration
This post was adapted from a presentation I gave on journalism collaboration to public radio news directors gathered in Salt Lake City for their annual conference. Collaboration is…