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    Challenge No. 1: Keeping those new ‘Covid readers’

    News organizations often get an “audience bump” during major breaking news, but the COVID-19 pandemic offered something unique: a prolonged news event that had readers [...]

    May 20, 2021
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    How local news organizations are taking steps to recover from a year of trauma

    More than a year after the global pandemic became official, local journalism still grapples with the fallout — not only from the coronavirus but also [...]

    May 20, 2021
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    How to reinvest your time

    For many people, the knee-jerk reaction to shedding work is immediately to find other stuff (more meaningful stuff!) to replace it with. That’s not really [...]

    April 20, 2021
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    How to stop doing so many stories

    It’s not just journalists who are overwhelmed with information. Audiences are too. People are consuming media all day long, in one form or another. So [...]

    April 20, 2021
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    A simple framework for deciding what to stop doing

    It’s surprisingly difficult for organizations of any kind to stop doing things. And the more complex the thing (or the organization), the harder it can [...]

    April 20, 2021
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    How newsrooms can do less work – but have more impact

    Editor’s note, 2024: Want to learn how API’s Emily Ristow trains news organizations on Stop Doing, and how outlets have successfully implemented this practice into [...]

    April 20, 2021
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    American Press Institute announces 2021 Table Stakes cohort and coaches

    The American Press Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to helping transform news organizations for an audience-centered future, today announced eight news organizations and six coaches selected [...]

    March 17, 2021
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    Five publishers of color selected for 2021 Listening & Sustainability Lab from API and REJ

    The American Press Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to helping transform news organizations for an audience-centered future, is honored to announce the inaugural cohort of publishers [...]

    March 1, 2021
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    Thank you to these 2020 collaborators for strengthening journalism

    2020 was a hinge moment in American history and for journalism. As the year passes, we wanted to take a moment to thank those with [...]

    February 9, 2021
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    Why the Philadelphia Inquirer is investing in service journalism

    With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, many newsrooms began pouring energy and resources into producing news that audiences could use to [...]

    November 11, 2020
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