“The goal is not to produce content for media outlets. It’s to repair broken bridges with local government, to get people to the meetings, get their voices heard, and figure out the line between where the active citizen and journalist is.”
“I am not saying we shouldn’t do vegetables. But for the financial health of our organizations, the rewards are candy. If we’re not taking the vegetables and dipping them in caramel, we’re making some hard choices.”
6AM runs six sites in four states across the Southeast, in areas “where they are not big enough to have multiple daily papers, yet they are big enough to have a huge life force and a huge heart.”
Schmidt, Christine. "Can this network of lit-to-be-local newsletters unlock younger civic engagement?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 7 Nov. 2018. Web. 24 Apr. 2024.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2018, Nov. 7). Can this network of lit-to-be-local newsletters unlock younger civic engagement?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/can-this-network-of-lit-to-be-local-newsletters-unlock-younger-civic-engagement/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Can this network of lit-to-be-local newsletters unlock younger civic engagement?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 7, 2018. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/can-this-network-of-lit-to-be-local-newsletters-unlock-younger-civic-engagement/.
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