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    Laura Zommer, cofundadora de Factchequeado: “La colaboración es nuestra única opción eficaz para luchar contra la desinformación”

    Factchequeado ayudar a cerrar las brechas en las necesidades de información de la población hispanohablante en Estados Unidos.

    August 14, 2024
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    Stop, delegate and listen: How news leaders can focus election coverage and what follows

    API's summit on Elections, Trust and Democracy led to a 5-step process for how news organizations can do this work now — and year-round.

    July 24, 2024
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    Here are the convening skills journalists are using to build trust and community capital

    At the API Local News Summit on Rural Journalism, Community and Sustainability in Tulsa, journalists noted one skill they had and could leverage more and one skill they needed to develop to be better conveners, facilitators and connectors. Four categories of skills stuck out that local journalists and news leaders need to better and more impactfully embrace these new roles.

    June 26, 2024
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    How Metrics for News helped Crain Communications launch a newsroom in Michigan

    By sending data from their targeted audiences in Adobe Analytics into MFN, Crain was able to more clearly understand what topics, categories, and even story types were engaging readers in key parts of their coverage area.

    June 24, 2024
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    Americans have concerns about election coverage. Here are 3 ways to respond

    When we looked at the latest research on how Americans view news about elections, we noted several findings local media especially may want to use to start conversations about how they gain trust this year with their community.

    May 3, 2024
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    Journalism has many roles. It’s time to embrace the role of convener.

    Good convening requires strong facilitation skills, influential and empathic leadership skills, and different listening skills than an interview — things many journalists likely didn’t learn or anticipate when they signed up for the job. To be good conveners, local media need resources and opportunity to equip their journalists with these skills.

    April 30, 2024
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    Source transparency as a tool for change

    The urgency to establish more Spanish-language newsrooms or those dedicated to serving Hispanic communities cannot be overstated. We do not only need more hyper local journalism projects like ours, but we need more transparency and clarity with the existing media organizations.

    April 15, 2024
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    Newsroom tips: Explaining the why of source tracking

    In 2023, 13 news organizations were part of a cohort assembled by the American Press Institute to track the diversity of people quoted in their [...]

    April 15, 2024
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    Why the work matters: Talking about source tracking

    Source tracking can be a daunting task, but if you take some time to talk through the process and intended impact with staff first it will only help you explain your work to your audiences—especially at a time in our society when doing this necessary self-reflection and reparative work can face pushback from politicians and the public.

    April 2, 2024
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    Explore your data: Make the most of custom reports

    Custom reports enable you to easily access and organize your raw data to more deeply explore your data and answer important audience questions. A core [...]

    April 2, 2024
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