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    Journalism managers are burned out. Is it time for a work redesign?

    The lone editor at a small newsroom owned by a large corporation was overwhelmed, once again. A few big stories had consumed his entire staff [...]

    September 7, 2021
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    Challenging conventional customer service methods

    Integrating departments to break down silos, optimizing the customer experience and investing in high-touch service are all effective ways for news outlets to improve their [...]

    May 24, 2021
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    Investing in ‘high-touch’ customer service

    Automated phone systems, online self-service portals and other low-touch tactics have become the standard when it comes to customer service across industries. Companies these days [...]

    May 24, 2021
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    Making the customer experience frictionless

    After breaking down organizational silos and integrating different systems, news outlets should get more granular in assessing areas where they can improve the customer service [...]

    May 24, 2021
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    Breaking down silos and integrating departments for better communication

    As news outlets increasingly rely on digital subscriptions as a primary revenue source, many are finding that barriers separating their print and digital functions — [...]

    May 24, 2021
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    How customer service can build trust and engagement with audiences

    With advertising becoming a less reliable source of revenue for the embattled journalism industry, more news outlets are turning toward sources of consumer revenue to [...]

    May 24, 2021
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    Getting the conversation around trust in media unstuck

    This is the third installment of a column from API Executive Director Tom Rosenstiel, published in partnership with the Poynter Institute, about the press and politics, [...]

    May 21, 2021
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    Challenge No. 7: Taking journalists’ stress and mental health seriously

    Journalism is an economically precarious profession particularly for local media organizations, and that fact alone is stressful enough. Add unpredictable work hours, lack of resources, [...]

    May 20, 2021
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    Challenge No. 6: Boosting your diminished staff and content

    In April, The Washington Post made an unusual request to local journalists across America: Contribute freelance articles to a special Washington Post Magazine issue designed [...]

    May 20, 2021
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    Challenge No. 5: Producing the investigative work that people want to read

    On February 13, the Charleston Post & Courier published an investigative project that examined what happens to South Carolina communities where no viable local media [...]

    May 20, 2021
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