Lookout doesn’t want its local news sites to be a supplement or alternative to the local daily. They aim to be the news source of record in their communities, outgunning their shrunken newsprint rivals from Day 1.
The network’s pitch to local funders: “By the time the school reforms reached their zenith, there was not a single local education reporter dedicated to covering them.”
To choose its newest place of focus, the nonprofit education network asked supporters to nominate their own cities — and to help find local funders long before launch.
The American Journalism Project, led by two top nonprofit news veterans, aims to propel $1 billion in annual investments to mission-driven local news outlets.
Readers have finally understood that their payments for the news will actually make a difference in what they and their community know. That model needs to be extended down to states and cities.
Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: Trump may be the news industry’s greatest opportunity to build a sustainable model." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 20 Jan. 2017. Web. 23 Jan. 2021.
APA
Doctor, K. (2017, Jan. 20). Newsonomics: Trump may be the news industry’s greatest opportunity to build a sustainable model. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 23, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/newsonomics-trump-may-be-the-news-industrys-greatest-opportunity-to-build-a-sustainable-model/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: Trump may be the news industry’s greatest opportunity to build a sustainable model." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 20, 2017. Accessed January 23, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/newsonomics-trump-may-be-the-news-industrys-greatest-opportunity-to-build-a-sustainable-model/.
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