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    API Inclusion Index cohort learns community listening and asset mapping basics in Pittsburgh

    The cohort came to the in-person training session with enthusiasm and will to begin to make a change with how they best serve the communities they engage with and report on.

    December 12, 2023
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    An evolution of the mission of The American Press Institute

    Journalism has the power to connect our communities, to bring out the best in what our society can be. Our goal is to help us all get there. 

    December 5, 2023
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    Build newsroom habits with source tracking

    With all of the demands on a newsroom, how do you make time to build new habits in pursuit of larger goals?

    October 18, 2023
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    5 ways to support source tracking in your newsroom

    The cohort shares its learnings with newsrooms working to identify gaps and opportunities to broaden sourcing and find ways to better reflect the deep diversity of communities in their coverage.

    October 5, 2023
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    How community listening can help shape election-year coverage

    Last year, API distributed small grants before the midterm elections to help fuel listening experiments led by 31 news organizations across the country, legacy and startup newsrooms across digital, print and broadcast platforms. What did they learn from these sessions, and how might those lessons be integrated into their elections coverage in the future?

    September 14, 2023
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    Newsletter strategies to build retention, trust and revenue

    Establishing a newsletter strategy can help you set goals and quantify success — or even determine whether a newsletter is a good fit for your audience. 

    August 15, 2023
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    How to audit sources: A guide to help you get started

    This guide will help you track sources in your journalism. API assembled a cohort of newsrooms in 2023 to track the diversity of people quoted [...]

    August 9, 2023
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    Want to protect democracy? Support the mental health of journalists

    If you want a truly accurate and helpful public square, one capable of helping a pluralistic democratic republic survive, you have to think about the well-being of the people who make up the press.

    August 3, 2023
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    Media can engage Millennials and Gen Z in community discussion. Here is where to start.

    If you care about civic discourse, young Americans and the health of local news organizations, here are some helpful insights we found from the survey.

    June 21, 2023
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    Opinion journalism and sustainability: Publishers find out what works

    Opinion editors today are actively engaged in demonstrating to their publishers that their content contributes to the bottom line. While they say their primary mission is to inform the community, engage in meaningful discourse and influence outcomes, they also see reader data, and reader revenue, as an important part of their work.

    June 8, 2023
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