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  • March 24, 2017

    Why does The Marshall Project’s ‘The Next to Die’ collaborative data initiative work so well? It’s easy.


    For the last several months I’ve studied national and local news partnerships on behalf of the…

  • March 1, 2017

    Hurdles to collaboration: Local newsrooms cite resources, lack of interest and not knowing who to ask


    To quote Sarah Koenig, if this is the first time you’re joining us, stop. Go back and read our first post, about ways local and national news…

  • February 17, 2017

    Local Fix: Bread Trucks, Guide to News Events, and New Local Resources


    Welcome to the Local Fix newsletter. Get the Fix in your inbox by subscribing at tinyletter.com/localfix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement…

  • September 13, 2016

    Regional Ad Network Seeks to Help Hyperlocal Publishers Hunt Bigger Game


    By Chris Satullo A local news site cannot live by pizza ads alone. It’s a lovely thought: Sustain a relentlessly local journalism enterprise by selling ads to the local…

  • February 1, 2016

    Lessons from the Local News Lab – Part One


    This is part one of six essays documenting what we have learned about building new networks for local news and fostering more creative, sustainable and community-driven journalism.

  • October 8, 2015

    In Curiosity We Trust


    A New Journalism Collaboration is Putting People’s Questions First By Molly de Aguiar and Josh Stearns Good journalism often starts with questions. But where…

  • July 23, 2015

    Journalism That Connects Us


    A New Experiment with the Center for Investigative Reporting At the Dodge Foundation, we just gave a first-time grant to the Center…

  • June 30, 2015

    A Bold Step Toward Community-Driven Journalism


    “In an age of participatory media, news demands participation. Or to quote Benjamin Barber, ‘People are apathetic because they are powerless, not powerless because they are apathetic.’ For…

  • June 25, 2015

    New Revenue for News: 52 Business Ideas to Support Local Journalism


    I recently spoke to CUNY’s Summer Entrepreneurial Journalism Training about alternative revenue streams and business models for news. Below is a list of 52 revenue strategies…

  • May 15, 2015

    A New Crowdfunding Campaign Connects Community, Small Businesses and Solutions Journalism


    The Lo-Down, a six-year-old community news site and monthly magazine on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, just launched a very smart crowdfunding…

  • May 11, 2015

    New Guides for Helping You Crowdfund Journalism


    One of our partner sites, New Brunswick Today, recently completed a successful crowdfunding campaign. I talked with the editor there and went…

  • April 27, 2015

    Declaration of Dependence 


    Communities and news organizations working together will transform local journalism. Here’s how. By Molly de Aguiar and Josh Stearns @grdodgemedia | @jcstearns The…

  • April 13, 2015

    16 Lessons for Creative Revenue Strategies and Community Engagement


    (This post originally appeared in our weekly newsletter, The Local Fix. Subscribe here.) In early April four major reports were released that address the intersection of local journalism, revenue sustainability and…

  • March 24, 2015

    My Kingdom for a Platform:  The Opportunities and Threats of Publishing Direct to Facebook


    Thoughts on Distributed Content and Building Community from A Facebook-Only News Site The New York Times is reporting on Facebook’s pitch to get news organizations…

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