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Christine SchmidtAugust 22, 2019

People avoid consuming news that bums them out. Here are five elements that help them see a solution

“It is important that journalists take the time to fully explain the issue and the response before exploring implementation, results, and insights.”

Christine SchmidtAugust 19, 2019

This reporter came for ER bills (with the help of 1,000-plus patients), and now doctors are listening

Sarah Kliff has brought her healthcare billing projects from Vox to The New York Times, reporting on the submissions of thousands of readers. And now she’s written for an audience of practitioners and academics.

Joshua BentonAugust 14, 2019

America’s largest union of journalists is doing a rewrite of its leadership election

Three decades of age separate the incumbent and his challenger, who present different views of the NewsGuild’s effectiveness organizing new newsrooms.

Christine SchmidtAugust 12, 2019

How The Wall Street Journal is building an incubator into its newsroom, with new departments and plenty of hires

While local newspapers play the 2019 Consolidation Games, the national dailies are busy with the Great Digital Subscriber Race — and making sure they have the right teams and tech in place to win.

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 6, 2019

The Markup is back, with Julia Angwin reinstated as editor-in-chief, a new leadership team, and the same reporters

Angwin is part of a new leadership team: Nabiha Syed, formerly associate general counsel at BuzzFeed, will be president, and Evelyn Larrubia, who was executive editor of Marketplace, will be managing editor.

Christine SchmidtAugust 5, 2019

Why The New York Times is covering newspaper closures as a national story (and how local outlets can collaborate)

“What are the big significant things occurring in the U.S. right now? This is way, way up there. We’d be derelict if we weren’t covering it.”

Christine SchmidtAugust 1, 2019

What does a solutions-focused newscast on public TV look like? PBS39 has been at it for nearly a year

“It wasn’t, like, ‘bam bam soundbite soundbite you’re done.'”

Click this if you want to see more depressing stats about layoffs in the media

Laura Hazard OwenJuly 31, 2019

What kind of climate change coverage do you read in the news? It depends on whether you live in a rich country or a poor one

News organizations in wealthy countries are more likely to frame climate change as a domestic political issue, while those in poorer countries report more on natural disasters and international relations.

Christine SchmidtJuly 24, 2019

Will enough readers pay for hyperlocal journalism — over text? Cleveland.com and Project Text will find out

“Everybody who’s tried hyperlocal has done it with traditional stories. This isn’t that. This is a completely different approach to connecting people with the community and engaging with them.”

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