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    Effective accountability journalists work hard to create context for their audiences

    These journalists strategize ways to ensure their stories have context and a place in their readers’ lives. They think about impact as they report, frame [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Effective accountability journalists smartly balance their time on story choices, audience interaction

    As reporters are being asked to juggle more tasks with fewer resources, high-impact journalists are skilled at managing their responsibilities through what one reporter called [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Effective accountability journalists spend considerable time building relationships with sources and readers

    While it’s true that high-impact reporters use multiple forms of digital communication to help find and connect with sources and audiences, it’s clear that personal [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Effective accountability journalists build connections and teamwork within their own newsrooms

    In addition to cultural competency with different communities, these highly effective reporters also manage the challenges of life inside stressed and stressful newsrooms. That navigation [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Effective accountability journalists find their own way and direct their own work

    When discussing their work, these journalists did not talk a lot about “editors” or “assignments.” Rather we were struck by the degree to which they [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Looking ahead: Some questions to start a newsroom conversation on improving accountability efforts

    The American Press Institute will continue to move forward with efforts to help accountability journalists do their jobs more effectively and engagingly. Here are some [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Acknowledgments

    The journalists who participated in the American Press Institute’s Accountability Summit are: Stephanie Arnold, Philly.com Stephanie is a print-turned-multimedia journalist who is the lead social [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Be pragmatic

    Since experimentation costs time and money, even in the best cases, it’s critical to remain pragmatic when approaching new platforms. While experimentation is key, publishers [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Integrate distributed content into the newsroom process

    Sparking a cultural shift toward distributed content within a newsroom can prove especially challenging for smaller, regional, and more traditional publishers, some of whom even [...]

    December 20, 2016
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    Build relationships with platform companies

    Even publishers with the most social media-savvy newsrooms can feel at a disadvantage when Facebook rolls out a new product. A common complaint we heard [...]

    December 20, 2016
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