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  • October 28, 2020

    How 6 Alaska newsrooms facing major budget cuts built a fundraising campaign together


    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

    How inewsource built its own matching campaign to respond to COVID-19


    Board members and audience members can be outstanding ambassadors for your outlet.

  • May 5, 2020

    How MLK50 is serving Memphis amidst COVID-19


    "I think that’s a lesson for founders and funders: That a struggle story isn’t necessarily noble."…

  • April 15, 2020

    Newsrooms facing coronavirus need support. Here’s how to navigate it.


    These local newsrooms are meeting the journalistic challenge, but the economic challenge remains an existential threat.

  • March 20, 2019

    A new Spanish-language site in North Carolina focuses on serving Latinx community


    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

    NewsMatch 2018 raises $7.6 million, fueling growth in local news and investigative journalism.


     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

    Four tips for local newsrooms to tap into employee matching gift programs


    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

    A bold funder collaboration focuses on supporting journalism that strengthens Democracy


    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

    ‘We’re too stubborn to quit’: How this New Mexican town sustains two local newspapers


    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

    Journalists need to learn how to ask for money: Lessons from Berkeleyside’s DPO


    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

    How a nonprofit news hub is supporting alternative media in Boston


    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

    Local Fix: Indian Country Today, Small Wins, Toolbox


    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

    Local Fix: Alexa, Bikes, and Money


    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

    Local Fix: Postcards and Profit


    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…

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