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    Inside the Inclusion Index

    Learn about our Inclusion Index approach to serving communities of color and implementing concrete, sustainable DEIB changes within and outside of the newsroom. API Director of Inclusion and Audience Growth Letrell Crittenden shares insights from his recent work with the Pittsburgh Inclusion Index cohort and solutions to try out in your own newsroom. 

    February 13, 2023
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    Introducing API’s 2023 Source Matters cohort

    Thirteen news organizations are starting 2023 as part of a cohort assembled by the American Press Institute to track the diversity of people quoted in their stories through Source Matters, API’s award-winning source diversity tracking and analysis tool.

    January 11, 2023
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    Addressing misinformation with audiences under 40: An industry challenge

    News organizations need to figure out how to show Gen Z and Millennials why their content is more trustworthy than everything else on the internet

    December 13, 2022
  • API Update

    American Press Institute’s Beyond Print program awards $60,000 in grants to four news organizations to test digital revenue strategies

    The American Press Institute awarded grants to four news organizations participating in the Beyond Print program, a cohort designed to guide publishers away from print-centric [...]

    December 8, 2022
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    Information on traffic, weather, or transportation

    Who are the Americans ages 16 to 40 who are most closely following information on traffic, weather, or transportation, and how are they encountering it?

    November 17, 2022
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    How we explored the topics Gen Z and Millennials most closely follow

    Overall, Americans ages 16 to 40 pay at least some attention to many topics. On average, they follow nine different topics in our list, often a mix of “lifestyle,” “news you can use,” and “hard news” topics. 

    November 17, 2022
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    Knowing the news: How Gen Z and Millennials get information on essential topics

    Millennials and members of Generation Z will soon become the industry’s dominant generations of news consumers and subscribers. What news topics do they follow most often, and how do they get that coverage? 

    November 17, 2022
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    National politics or government

    This section examines the demographics and news behavior of the 15% of Millennials and Gen Z who say they most closely follow national politics or government. 

    November 17, 2022
  • Study

    Information related to COVID-19 such as the state of the pandemic, restrictions, or policies like mask and vaccine mandates

    As the public navigated the COVID-19 pandemic from its onset in 2020, practical information related to COVID-19 played a central role in media coverage. The [...]

    November 17, 2022
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    How the news topics Gen Z and Millennials follow relate to paying for and engaging with news

    Publishers may be able to develop different strategies and messages for moving Gen Z and Millennials “down the audience funnel” based on tendencies for different news followers to pay or share news. 

    November 17, 2022
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