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October 28, 2020
A young bald eagle flies over Kachemak Bay in southern Alaska. Photo by Andy Morffew used under Creative Commons. Editors’ Note: This is part of an occasional series highlighting…
May 21, 2020
Board members and audience members can be outstanding ambassadors for your outlet.
May 5, 2020
"I think that’s a lesson for founders and funders: That a struggle story isn’t necessarily noble."…
April 15, 2020
These local newsrooms are meeting the journalistic challenge, but the economic challenge remains an existential threat.
March 20, 2019
Paola Jaramillo and Walter Gómez cofounded the nonprofit Enlace Latino NC with ambitious aims: To provide a digital-first service for North Carolina's Spanish-speaking residents covering legislative and government policy on…
February 12, 2019
GroundTruth Project, Civil Beat, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, inewsource The last month has been a difficult one for journalism in America. In a span of just two weeks roughly …
November 2, 2018
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash By Gabe Schneider NewsMatch, the largest grassroots fundraising campaign for nonprofit news, kicks off this week, but there are many…
November 1, 2018
NewsMatch 2018 launches with new funders, new newsrooms, new chances to support local news and investigative reporting, and more than $3 million in matching dollars for nonprofit news organizations.
October 31, 2017
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…
September 25, 2017
Screenshot from invest.berkeleyside.com By Nancy Watzman, Dot Connector Studio Director of Strategic Initiatives Berkeleyside, the eight-year-old for-profit “local newspaper without the…
September 21, 2017
Photo courtesy BINJ By Katie Donnelly, Dot Connector Studio Associate Director Before there were “alternative facts,” alternative media had a different connotation, epitomized by alt-weekly newspapers in corner…
September 8, 2017
Subscribe to the Local Fix Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the…
August 16, 2017
Subscribe to the Local Fix Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the…
June 30, 2017
Subscribe to the Local Fix Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the…
