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  • 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…

  • 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…

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