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“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink…Journalists need to understand how distributing true and useful information out into the world can be its own rewarding service — no matter what happens next.”
Sometimes it’s healthy to do something you love less, and differently.
Local news outlets cannot change grocery prices. But they can help their readers deal with them.
Plus: How newsrooms are using generative AI, what makes news seem authentic on social media, and how to bridge the divide between academics and journalists.
“[Families] know it’s way quicker to get a story out through me than through Univision and Telemundo.”
I interviewed dozens of journalists and reviewed decades of research on how audiences evaluate journalists’ on-air presentation.
“We are seeing a huge divide between people who are interested in news and those who are not, and I suspect that this divide is intensifying.”
The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is being deliberated in both houses of Congress.
“If you’re not reaching the people that you want to reach, then what’s the point of doing the work?”