14 | December | 2016 | Nieman Journalism Lab

Archives: December 14, 2016

“Every aspect of technology has been also influenced by women and people of color — but somehow they get left out of the narrative and excluded from leadership roles.” Robert Hernandez

Nonprofits team up for impact

“But that only gets you so far if all those publications have a largely overlapping audience nested securely within the progressive bubble.” Scott Dodd

What can we own?

“2016 offered painful reminders of all the things that media doesn’t control.” Javaun Moradi

The aberration of 20th-century journalism

“High-quality, high-cost, and crucially high-impact journalism is a cultural form worthy of our support and protection and not a commercial product in search of a business model.” Gabriel Snyder

Pure reach has reached its limit

“In this coming year, publishers may no longer be able to afford to consider reach without return.” Renée Kaplan

A rise in high-price, high-value subscriptions

“While large-scale social platform distribution makes sense for a number of publications to reach as many readers wherever they are on whatever device or platform, scale isn’t everything to everyone in the media ecosystem.” Nushin Rashidian

Incorporating audience feedback at scale

“Existing audiences who feel that their experiences are seriously considered are more likely to remain engaged and, where relevant, pay to subscribe.” Emily Goligoski

Local news gets interesting

“Going deep with local news means creating uniquely valuable journalism, rather than fighting the traffic battle against dozens of hot takes on Washington’s latest twists and turns.” Burt Herman

Podcasting’s coming class war

“The independent community will be pressured into self-organizing. Though the ecosystem will end the year less open than when it started the year, there will at least be formal sites of resistance.” Nicholas Quah

Virtual reality on mobile leaps forward

“Storytelling using VR will be easier to achieve, and more members of the audience will be prepared to welcome it.” Mario García

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