Archives: 2017

Saurabh SharmaMarch 30, 2017
A reporter in a rural district of India uses WhatsApp to broadcast local news — and makes money doing it
Shivendra Gaur’s Rocket Post Live has already gained 8,000 paying subscribers for rolling news alerts and a daily video bulletin.
Laura Hazard OwenMarch 30, 2017
War on the Rocks is a national security site for a military “tribe” that knows what it’s talking about
“If every guy that needs something to do for 30 seconds on his phone starts reading War on the Rocks, we’re doing something wrong. I want this to be a publication that you need if you work on national security.”
Joseph LichtermanMarch 30, 2017
How The New York Times, CNN, and The Huffington Post approach publishing on platforms
Joshua BentonMarch 29, 2017
From the unbanked to the unnewsed: Just doing good journalism won’t be enough to bring back reader trust
Journalists see readers’ consumption decisions through the lens of quality. But that’s only a small part of what builds a connection between a news organization and an audience.
Ricardo BiltonMarch 29, 2017
In West Virginia, a new project is going beyond the coal miner to tell a broader story of Appalachia
“Everyone’s talking to coal miners; we want to introduce you to somebody else that you’re not expecting to see.”
Joseph LichtermanMarch 29, 2017
People who think about this stuff don’t think bad online behavior will get better any time soon
Joseph LichtermanMarch 29, 2017
A falta de civismo na Internet não vai melhorar tão cedo
Ken DoctorMarch 28, 2017
Newsonomics: Can Dutch import De Correspondent conquer the U.S.?
It’s built a membership-driven model that produces trust, connection, and good journalism. But can it extend that approach to the hurly-burly of the American media market?
Jay RosenMarch 28, 2017
Jay Rosen: This is what a news organization built on reader trust looks like
The NYU professor explains why he’s working with De Correspondent on its U.S. launch — and why figuring out a trusted membership model is key to journalism’s future.
Ken DoctorMarch 28, 2017
“Slower structural developments that shape society”: A Q&A with De Correspondent editor Rob Wijnberg
“What we try to do is to chart out what’s in between those extremes, because most of the world is not ruled by the extremes; the everyday reality is what the world is actually about.”
Nicholas QuahMarch 28, 2017
An interview show is a quick way to get a podcast to market, but how do you build one from scratch?
Plus: S-Town launches; the Missing Richard Simmons post-game; an argument for diversity in podcasts goes wrong.
Shan WangMarch 27, 2017
“You’re not doing it the way I did”: Public media in Europe gets creative with digital news
Ricardo BiltonMarch 27, 2017
With its big London expansion, The Atlantic will chase stories — and business opportunities — in Europe
“I see this as a chance to bring coverage of what’s happening in America to a large global audience, but also to bring an understanding of what’s happening around the world the American audience that we already largely serve.”
Joseph LichtermanMarch 27, 2017
Australia’s public broadcaster is using Apple News push alerts to reach new, younger audiences
“It’s gone from being an interesting platform that we’re dipping our toes into to a huge audience.”
Shan WangMarch 27, 2017
The Bureau Local is stepping in to help U.K. local news outlets that want to do investigative reporting
“What is a story that needs to be told? What is the data that’s difficult to get? What would make your life easier? We’ll try to find common threads there.”
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