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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 other…
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 paper…
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 boxes…
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…
June 2, 2017
Welcome to the Local Fix. Subscribe here. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local…
May 18, 2017
By Kate Lesniak Could a digital platform designed to deepen the relationship between readers…
May 12, 2017
In April, we asked Local Fix readers how they are growing audiences for their local podcasts. In addition to getting some great recommendations for other podcasts to listen to…
April 19, 2017
Creative Commons Editor’s note: For more resources about starting an email newsletter, don’t miss our guide to newsletters. Newsletters are booming. It seems like just about every news…
April 7, 2017
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news. But first,…
March 29, 2017
Readers support real journalism when given the chance Civil Beat morning coffee. Credit: Ben Nishimoto What happens when five news organizations enlist in a program to…
