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    How might journalists help communities overcome division in our digital world?

    Fractured, distrustful, polarized. Online and off, it’s easy to see why many of us use these words to describe our current moment. Most news organizations [...]

    April 11, 2022
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    Polarization, journalism and the ‘pictures in our heads’: A Q&A with Yanna Krupnikov

    Polarization challenges journalists’ ability to do their jobs. With divergent narratives on the political left and right, it can feel almost immobilizing to figure out [...]

    April 11, 2022
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    Moving on from the way it’s always been done

    A recent cohort hosted by Metrics for News – Reaching New Audiences – brought together publishers from around the world to look at data-driven strategies to reach new audiences. [...]

    April 7, 2022
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    These news orgs are boosting revenue with locally themed merchandise

    Last May, a pair of endangered piping plovers laid eggs on Chicago’s Montrose Beach. As cinema stars and mascots for local conservationists, the two birds [...]

    March 7, 2022
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    What might journalism learn from ‘bridging’? A Q&A with Mónica Guzmán

    In recent years, the number of nonprofits and initiatives that could be categorized under a concept called “bridging” has expanded in the U.S.: Millions of [...]

    February 8, 2022
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    Can journalism reduce perception gaps? Q & A with Noelle Malvar

    Good journalists strive to uncover and share truth with others. That’s what attracts many people to the field or to supporting it, including myself. It’s [...]

    January 4, 2022
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    These news orgs are building beats from reader donations

    Asking audiences to make a donation to support journalism may not have been something many local news organizations — apart from public media newsrooms, that [...]

    November 3, 2021
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    How Newsday and The Spokesman-Review keep more subscribers

    On September 28, API hosted an online discussion on tactics for retaining subscribers. Many publishers are recognizing the critical need to invest more in subscriber [...]

    October 12, 2021
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    How the Long Beach Post’s community editorial board provides more than opinion

    Editor’s Note: Over the last year or two there has been an increased interest from newsrooms — both corporate-owned and independent — in forming editorial [...]

    October 5, 2021
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    What can journalists do about the ‘Unreality Crisis’?

    This is the fourth installment of a column from API Executive Director Tom Rosenstiel about the press and politics, culture and media ethics, technology and the [...]

    August 23, 2021
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