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Christine SchmidtOctober 21, 2019

From newsroom to newsletter: How local journalists are DIYing important coverage via email

Just as blogging allowed a new cadre of journalists to work outside established news organizations in the early 2000s, the email newsletter boom has done the same in local communities. “This is more than 40 hours a week for far less than minimum wage. To be frank, it’s exhausting. I only do it because it’s so important.”

Christine SchmidtOctober 17, 2019

The Los Angeles Times and its union now have a contract and (maybe) everyone is happy

“With this agreement, I am convinced we have assured the revival of The Times under local ownership.”

Christine SchmidtOctober 10, 2019

How are paywalled news outlets preparing to serve residents in California’s mega-power shutoffs?

“If we’re going to have news that is paid for by audiences, we have to talk about the news that should never be behind paywalls.”

Christine SchmidtOctober 10, 2019

From live blogs to time capsules: How CNN is trying to put its breaking news into context

“We needed a product to push out news faster to a consumer, even if it’s just one to two sentence updates.”

Christine SchmidtOctober 7, 2019

12 local newsrooms, seven states, one big problem: How an INN collaboration is nationalizing the rural healthcare crisis

“If the Iowa Falls newspaper writes about its hospital for two years, it’s an Iowa Falls problem that Iowa Falls has to solve…And by the time you’re talking about a major region of the nation like that, it becomes a national problem to be solved.”

Christine SchmidtOctober 3, 2019

The business case for listening to your audience is still murky (but early results are promising)

“Newsrooms generally reported increased levels of engagement and higher-quality conversations with audiences. Nearly all of the grant reports we reviewed reported increased engagement.” That (still) doesn’t yet translate into money.

Christine SchmidtSeptember 23, 2019

What does it take to change a newsroom’s racial narrative? Minnesota Public Radio built a coalition to try

“I know we’re on the right track, but we need a conductor to keep us on the rails.”

Christine SchmidtSeptember 11, 2019

Meet the impact editor: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is now paying someone to ensure its journalism makes a difference

“We know journalism cannot bring about change on its own — but it can be a really effective piece of a bigger movement of actors and events that do bring about change.”

“The death of the 15-inch story”: What local news leaders see (and don’t) in the future of the industry

Philip Napoli and Jessica MahoneSeptember 9, 2019

Local newspapers are suffering, but they’re still (by far) the most significant journalism producers in their communities

“While local newspapers accounted for roughly 25 percent of the local media outlets in our sample, they accounted for nearly 50 percent of the original news stories in our database.”

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