March 5, 2015
Closing the Gaps in Local News
New Pew Research Finds Gulf Between People People’s Hunger for Local News and their Satisfaction with Local Media. People are hungry for local news and they follow local issues and…
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Posts tagged "Journalism"
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February 11, 2015
Local Fix: News Events, Empathic Design, Finding Solutions and Fellowships
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news, starting with one good idea... …
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January 21, 2015
Support Watchdog Reporting in New Brunswick
Local, hard-hitting watchdog journalism is alive and kicking in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The team behind New Brunswick Today is taking on some of the area’s most important stories,…
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December 20, 2014
Local Fix: Envisioning a Local Social Newsroom, Money Talk, Stunning Visual Journalism
Welcome to the Local Fix, you can subscribe here. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news, starting…
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November 10, 2014
Five Kinds of Listening for Newsrooms and Communities
In 2002 NPR’s vice president for diversity, then a faculty member at the Poynter Institute, described an idea he called “The Listening Post.” “Journalists interested in telling more of a community’s…
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October 24, 2014
Local Fix: Making Time, Community Tools, Revenue Everywhere and Poetry
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news, starting with one good idea... One…
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September 23, 2014
Striking a Balance Between No-Strings vs. Strings Attached Journalism Funding
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently made a $1 million grant to WNYC to support comprehensive coverage of health issues. Specifically, the grant is to “create a health…
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September 10, 2014
Local Fix: Wrestling Algorithms, Spinning Beats and Digging Data
Subscribe to get the Local Fix delivered to your inbox on Fridays. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of…
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September 4, 2014
Local Fix: Partnerships, Homepages, Challenging Conversations
Subscribe to get the Local Fix delivered to your inbox on Fridays. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of…