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Ashley RendersApril 4, 2018

What a failed media startup can teach us about involving readers in reporting

The Canadian startup OpenFile was a bet on collaboration between journalists and their audience: “We learned that we shouldn’t dismiss [a story] just because it’s not articulated in a way that we would as journalists.”

Christine SchmidtFebruary 16, 2018

What strategies work best for increasing trust in local newsrooms? Trusting News has some ideas

“It’s not so much about gaming Facebook’s algorithm or working with the Facebook changes as much as it is taking advantage of Facebook as a truly social platform.”

GroundSource switched from an email newsletter to a SMS newsletter and actually got responses

A new report offers a primer (and a reality check) on the news membership model

Ricardo BiltonJanuary 31, 2018

Opinary is building new tools to help news orgs use polls to inform their coverage

Can a widget’s worth of reader engagement lead to useful data — and maybe even money? “The whole idea is to give readers and communities a voice within journalism.”

Ricardo BiltonJune 14, 2017

With its new Reader Center, The New York Times wants to forge deeper connections with its readers

“We want to do everything we can to hear more of those voices and amplify them.”

Laura Hazard OwenApril 12, 2017

With its new, “no-bullshit” tone on social, ProPublica is meeting @realDonaldTrump where he lives

“We need to think of our social media posts as tiny little stories that can be self-contained.”

Joshua BentonMarch 29, 2017

From the unbanked to the unnewsed: Just doing good journalism won’t be enough to bring back reader trust

Journalists see readers’ consumption decisions through the lens of quality. But that’s only a small part of what builds a connection between a news organization and an audience.

Shan WangNovember 3, 2016

Avid consumers of local news are often also more engaged members of their local communities

Know your neighbors? You also probably know something about what’s going on down at city hall.

Ken DoctorMarch 7, 2016

Newsonomics: The New York Times reinvents Page One — and it’s better than print ever was

For the first time, I see a newspaper-created product that seems utterly comfortable with the digital medium.

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