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    Create a holiday to celebrate the community

    The event was joyous, eclectic and completely unlike what you might expect from a journalism organization. But according to the team that produced it, this is what local media can and should look like.

    June 13, 2025
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    News philanthropy + historical societies: A win-win partnership

    Although our foundation supports multiple newsrooms, it is easy to envision a single local newsroom that offers subscriptions or paid memberships executing a similar partnership with one or more local history groups.

    June 13, 2025
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    Pairing subscriptions with a place of pride

    Our acute understanding of readers’ affinity for their neighborhoods inspired our most successful promotional campaign, now an annual tradition that typically drives up to a quarter of our annual subscription revenue per year.

    June 13, 2025
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    How local media can harness the history trend

    Local media’s deep-rooted connection to the identities of the communities it serves offers a unique advantage in capitalizing on this widespread interest in history.

    June 13, 2025
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    4 ways local news can build local identity — and bring in new revenue

    Leaning into local identity and history can move our journalism from ‘we provide facts alone’ to ‘we provide facts and serve other important community functions.’

    June 13, 2025
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    Perspective of a newsroom editor

    After breaking bread together a few times, “the media” grew a face and some humanity, and “the community” became more complex and interesting. Real relationships started to emerge.

    February 5, 2025
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    Perspective of a community liaison

    Resident participants must have a way to inform and impact reporting practices — material proof of impact — not just offer story ideas.

    February 5, 2025
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    Perspective from a community representative of Squirrel Hill/Greenfield

    The experience helped foster candid conversation without demonizing the media. With the commitment and intentionality of our community liaison, the local news advisory project also worked to amplify the voices of residents who are often afraid to speak up.

    February 5, 2025
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    Perspective of a community representative of Charles Street Valley

    Ultimately, for the inaugural advisory committee, I believe the newsrooms benefited more than the community. I am hopeful that the media will access community members and information we shared as resources to cover stories that reflect the conversations from the advisory committee. 

    February 5, 2025
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    Perspective of a moderator

    What I didn’t know, but would quickly learn, is how uncomfortable and personal the discussions could get and, despite it all, how dedicated the committee was to making the process work.

    February 5, 2025
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