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    Off the clock? Not in this business

    Reporters are under a microscope today — both on and off the job. Nearly 25 years ago, after Timothy McVeigh ignited a Ryder truck full [...]

    December 23, 2019
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    How to win the loyalty of new subscribers through great onboarding

    A reader has paid for a subscription. Now what needs to happen? This is a critical moment to shape the experience of subscribers and influence [...]

    December 5, 2019
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    Ask audiences what questions they have about your reporting

    What do readers wish they understood about your reporting — and what do these gaps mean for your efforts at building news literacy and trust? [...]

    October 31, 2019
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    Say you’ve implemented a well-designed program to onboard new customers. It’s getting them to look back favorably on their decision to subscribe, and to learn [...]

    October 21, 2019
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    Want to find time for more enterprise reporting? Dive into analytics.

    Analytics don’t have to clash with journalistic values. Here’s how one team of reporters has used analytics to reinforce its mission. When journalists think of [...]

    July 1, 2019
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    From print-first to audience-first: Using analytics to change the newsroom mindset

    For the past two years, the Virginian Pilot’s newsroom goals have not included a print component — a huge shift in its 154-year history. “Our [...]

    June 1, 2019
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    How surveillance concerns affect national security journalists

    This piece is part of API’s Research Review series, which highlights academic research that could be relevant and useful to the news industry. We also hope that [...]

    April 17, 2019
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    How to use analytics to identify and build a popular new beat

    A local news publisher in Norfolk, VA, has been using data to drive editorial decisions — a journey closely tied to its digital transition since [...]

    April 1, 2019
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    What are the keys to an effective subscription offer page?

    Well-constructed offer pages are vital to the goal of increasing reader revenue. They can influence a user’s entire perception of your publication and service — [...]

    February 6, 2019
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    Fact-checkers adapt to heightened combat, facing politicians who are repeating lies and pushing back

    Fact-checkers in the past year have come to resemble emergency physicians doing triage in a raging epidemic. The amount of work is overwhelming, but they [...]

    January 30, 2019
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