Archives: 2017

Nicholas QuahMarch 14, 2017
播客增长劲头仍在, 内容与渠道之争是重要拐点
难道认知度提高,播客就能突破目前的“平台期“了吗?
Laura Hazard OwenMarch 14, 2017
This email newsletter raised $300K from its (affluent, largely Silicon Valley–based) readers in 55 hours
“One guy put in a hundred grand.”
Shan WangMarch 13, 2017
Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?
“There are a lot of ways to define ‘community.’ We know it can be built around geography. But there should also be a community of people who care about climate, a community of people who care about criminal justice.”
Shan WangMarch 13, 2017
美国调查机构 “马歇尔计划” (The Marshall Project) 靠会员获新生
“定义‘社区’有很多种方式，最常见的是地理意义上的社区，但实际上，它也可以是一群关心气候或关心司法公正的人组成的社区。”
Joseph LichtermanMarch 13, 2017
Knight announces revamped Prototype Fund focused on misinformation and trust in media
Shan WangMarch 10, 2017
Here are more than 100 ideas from around the world on how news organizations can get involved in news literacy initiatives for kids
Laura Hazard OwenMarch 10, 2017
Reporting from “the last frontier”: The Arctic Times Project is bringing journalists to a once-closed region
“This is an opportunity to write about something new.”
Laura Hazard OwenMarch 10, 2017
“It had gotten so big I thought I better pull the plug”: Updates from the fake-news world
Plus: European investigations, the complexities of fact-checking “fact-based opinions”, and how kids deal with fake news.
Ricardo BiltonMarch 9, 2017
Over 15,000 contributions — including an anonymous $1M — have helped The New York Times sponsor 1.3 million student subs
Laura Hazard OwenMarch 9, 2017
Voice of San Diego’s “What We Stand For” is straightforward — and a bold stance against “objectivity”
“When newspapers insist they’re just being impartial observers, I think that performance hurts trust in journalists.”
Ricardo BiltonMarch 9, 2017
A news app aims to burst filter bubbles by nudging readers toward a more “balanced” media diet
Read Across the Aisle is taking the Fitbit approach to popping filter bubbles.
Ken DoctorMarch 8, 2017
Newsonomics: With a cross-country merger, Spirited Media aims to build a nationwide digital local news chain
After combining with Denverite, the company behind Billy Penn and The Incline hopes to prove its events-heavy model can work in a dozen or more cities.
Ken DoctorMarch 8, 2017
Jim Brady: Events and experiences are key to connecting younger audiences to local news
“You have an event that goes really well. You send 175 ambassadors out of your event thinking it was awesome, saying ‘I love Billy Penn’s events.’ And on top of that, you make money doing it.”
Laura Hazard OwenMarch 8, 2017
Have an idea for immersive storytelling in journalism? Your project could get up to $35,000 from a new fund
Joseph LichtermanMarch 7, 2017
Google-backed AMP pages are coming to some of Asia’s most popular search engines
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