Practical exercises inspired by Tom Rosenstiel's The Next Journalism aimed to help news leaders further level up their journalism and give their communities the information they need to thrive.
Create capacity by getting better at knowing what deserves your limited attention, what you need to learn next and how little you may need to spend to learn it.
Through working with local news organizations and teams via coaching, programs and research, the American Press Institute has seen how outlets build resilience through interpreting data and evidence together, making informed decisions and adapting to what isn’t working.
When the tools, economics and expectations around AI are all still moving, knowing where you actually stand is a far better place to lead from than false confidence or uncertainty.
There are three tactical ways local newsrooms can be the conveners for their communities: designing for human connection, designing for everyday usefulness and designing for joy, curiosity and surprise.
How do we bridge that gap between the standard KPIs and those mushier signals of your work’s impact — how can you identify and quantify what’s changing in the lives and perceptions of the communities you serve?
We asked four summit participants to share more about the ways they are defining, measuring and acting on signals of impact.
With careful planning, events and newsroom-created gathering spaces can help local media measure impact and trust.
The American Press Institute is hosting a Local News Summit on October 6-7 in Boise, Idaho to identify and advance solutions that help local news leaders design experiences and products that encourage individual and community well-being. Apply for a remaining spot.
Three frameworks for how journalists can engage with non-news experts and researchers to help solve a problem, rethink a beat or collaborate on an experiment
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