June 1, 2015
Four Lessons in Local News Innovation from Brick City Live
How one local journalist is rewriting the story of her city and rethinking the role of local news. Andaiye Taylor is one of the most innovative and…
The Local News Lab has been archived as of March 1, 2023. This page will remain online but will not be updated. More info.
The latest Research
Read our newest posts, or filter them by topic.
-
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
April 7, 2015
Newsgathering as Coalition Building: Deepening Community Engagement Before, During and After the Reporting Process
In early 2015 I wrote a post about why journalists should focus on building the future of news with communities, not just for them. As part of the Geraldine R. Dodge…
-
April 2, 2015
What Works For Crowdfunding Local News
When it comes to crowdfunding it is usually the record breakers that make news. The largest number of donations, the highest…
-
March 13, 2015
When Local News Isn’t Really Local
In New Jersey, New York’s shadow can mean a less healthy news ecosystem. (This article by Rutgers University professor Philip M. Napoli originally appeared at the Nieman…
-
March 9, 2015
Melody Kramer on Newsroom Analytics: Measurement Without Action Doesn’t Matter
The Dodge Foundation and the Center for Cooperative Media and Montclair State University recently hosted Melody Kramer for an all day bootcamp on newsroom analytics and membership models.
-
March 5, 2015
Closing the Gaps in Local News
New Pew Research Finds Gulf Between People People’s Hunger for Local News and their Satisfaction with Local Media. People are hungry for local news and they follow local issues and…
-
November 14, 2014
10 Crowdfunding Lessons From The Radiotopia Kickstarter Campaign
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…
-
October 28, 2014
Freelance Journalism and Small Newsrooms: Best Practices, Links and Resources
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…
-
September 28, 2014
How Newsrooms Can Make the Most of Their Archives
(This post builds on slides and research by Debbie Galant, Joe Amditis of the NJ News Commons, where the post originally appeared) In 1950 William Faulkner wrote “The past isn’t dead.
-
September 9, 2014
Four Tips for Cultivating Universities as Advertisers
Recently there have been a lot of debates about the role of universities in the future of news. Journalism schools have been compared to laboratories, incubators and teaching hospitals but…