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    The empathetic newsroom: How journalists can better cover neglected communities

    Medicine came to the realization some years ago: Being a good doctor requires more than knowing science. The best doctors also understand their patients. As [...]

    April 26, 2018
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    How to cover local refugee communities: Strategies for newsrooms and reporters

    The word “refugee” evokes a certain image: people fleeing persecution or war-torn areas, living under harsh refugee camp conditions, starting a new life in a [...]

    December 18, 2017
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    The 3 types of news subscribers: Why they pay and how to convert them

    Introduction Who pays for news? Why do they pay? Who does not pay for news and why not? Earlier this year, we conducted a nationally [...]

    December 7, 2017
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    After a decade, it’s time to reinvent social media in newsrooms

    For newsrooms, the social media tumult began a decade ago. In 2008, journalists new to digital media in legacy print newsrooms were trying to adapt [...]

    November 14, 2017
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    A Matter of Space: Designing newsrooms for new digital practice

    Over​ ​the​ ​past​ ​decade,​ ​technology​ ​has​ ​driven​ ​unprecedented change​ in news audiences and news organizations.​ ​News​ ​organizations​ ​have experimented​ ​with​ ​business​ ​models, integrated​ ​new​ ​technologies,​ [...]

    October 18, 2017
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    Improving accountability reporting: How to make the best of journalism better for audiences

    By many measures, never have there been more efforts in journalism to scrutinize and hold powerful people and institutions accountable. The number of news organizations [...]

    August 8, 2017
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    How news partnerships work: Commercial and nonprofit newsrooms can work together to benefit and change journalism

    What is a successful partnership? In the last decade, nonprofit news organizations have emerged with a model that depends on creative partnerships. At the same [...]

    May 18, 2017
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    Break Form: Making stories with and for the people

    Introduction and Actions: Localore: Finding America Editor’s Note: This report captures the impact and lessons from Localore: Finding America — an independent public media initiative [...]

    March 17, 2017
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    Guidance on philanthropic funding of media and news

    As nonprofit funding of news grows, what are the best practices for ensuring editorial independence? The following two sets of broad guidelines of best practices, [...]

    January 12, 2017
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    7 characteristics of effective accountability journalists

    No matter what topics they cover, many journalists hold people and institutions responsible for their words and actions. This “accountability journalism,” whether it is political [...]

    December 20, 2016
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