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      Team up with historical societies to offer dual membership perks

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      Use historical records to deepen community coverage and find new revenue streams

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    Plan for Local 2024

    Take stock of your 2023 local election coverage — what worked well and what didn’t — to support your planning for 2024. We aim to help you take notes now to strengthen your engagement and audience work ahead of next November.

    November 6, 2023
  • API Update

    17 news organizations receive support from the American Press Institute Civic Discourse and Community Voices Fund

    The projects will start immediately and run for four months, during which the news organizations will convene events, try new coverage approaches or embark on other projects aimed at encouraging local residents to engage in valuable conversations about the most pressing issues they face. 

    September 21, 2023
  • Article

    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
  • API Update

    API launches Civic Discourse and Community Voices Fund to enable local news experiments

    Both nonprofit and for-profit news organizations may apply by August 21 by 8 p.m. ET for grants of up to $10,000 to be used over four months starting in September.

    August 7, 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
  • Series

    Read these voices on reimagining local opinion journalism

    As part of API's work, we are “passing the mic” to people in opinion sections and out to share what they are doing on this topic.

    May 8, 2023
  • Series

    Bring constructive conflict to local opinion journalism

    Editor’s Note: The American Press Institute is helping news organizations reimagine local opinion journalism to promote healthier civic discourse and to better understand its role [...]

    May 1, 2023
  • Special Edition

    Share the stories behind the opinions

    Across the country, thoughtful editors are seeking more op-eds and contributions that get away from publishing pure “opinion,” which some might read as assertions based on data or perhaps bonafides.

    May 1, 2023
  • Special Edition

    Expand the voices and audiences for local opinion journalism

    When you look at your local opinion journalism, what elements can you tackle individually to increase the views and experiences included in the conversation?

    April 24, 2023
  • Series

    Invest in staff to grow local opinion journalism’s reach with diverse communities

    By expanding Opinion, we hoped to provide information that would lead to more civic participation in government, local schools and grassroots community organizations.

    April 24, 2023
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