TOP NEWS THIS WEEK New research from the Pew Research Center explored how Black Americans view the news media and coverage of Black people. Roughly 80% of respondents said they sometimes see news coverage that is racist or racially insensitive. And only 14% of Black Americans said they think it’s likely that Black people will […]

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The American Press Institute awarded two $25,000 grants to The Keene Sentinel and the National Trust for Local News to support experimentation and progress around the print transition with the goal of keeping customers and revenues. 

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You will never know how your community is engaging with your coverage unless you ask. Our partners at the Record-Journal in Meriden, Conn., experienced this firsthand after holding more than 80 conversations with community members and hearing from more than 2,000 survey respondents. 

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The projects will start immediately and run for four months, during which the news organizations will convene events, try new coverage approaches or embark on other projects aimed at encouraging local residents to engage in valuable conversations about the most pressing issues they face. 

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