June 20, 2018
How we know journalism is good for democracy
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Posts tagged "featured"
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April 5, 2018
Introducing our collaborative spreadsheet for the news community — and a few observations on making it
Illustration by Melinda Szekeres By Melinda Szekeres The Democracy Fund team often writes about diversifying sources, sharing resources, and collaborating on projects in…
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March 1, 2018
Apply to the North Carolina Local News Lab Fund until March 30
The North Carolina Local News Lab Fund is pleased to open its first call for applications. We are looking for ideas from community groups, newsrooms,…
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February 7, 2018
Local people will create the future of local news
Democracy Fund establishes two new local funds By Teresa Gorman and Josh Stearns Local news is critical to a healthy democracy, and we believe…
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December 29, 2017
Why we need to build the capacity of newsrooms that reflect and represent the whole community
By Andrea Hart, City Bureau and Molly de Aguiar, News Integrity Initiative Back in August, a journalist based in Birmingham, Alabama, …
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December 14, 2017
Advances in survey research make reporting polls a challenge for newsrooms, research shows
Photo via Markus Spiske, via Creative Common. By Jessica Mahone, Democracy Fund Public Square Research Associate Conversations between academic research and local newsrooms are often siloed. Interesting…
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November 16, 2017
How the media lost the public’s trust — and how they’ll earn it back
This post originally appeared on LinkedIn and is republished with permission. LinkedIn editor Isabelle Roughol interviewed Democracy Fund Senior Fellow Geneva Overholser about the crisis of trust that…
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October 19, 2017
Journalists, your local librarian is a powerful ally
Photo illustrations by Kerry Conboy This is a guest post by Laurie Putnam, a communications consultant and a lecturer at the San Jose State University School of…
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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…