The public research project analyzed membership projects worldwide. They found successful communities were fixated on learning what their members value.
It gives a framework and place to begin, recognizing that no outreach plan will work for everyone so it’s necessarily an iterative, step-by-step process.
“Keep in mind that, especially in a campaign like this, tons of people talk about what we’re trying to do. So the idea that you can keep all these people on message all the time would be kind of totalitarian, right?”
Ad-free, member-funded, and Dutch: The team behind the breakout success De Correspondent is translating its ideas into English (and Judd Apatow is on board).
“We want to find people who recognize the potential of the audience, and are looking to capitalize on this potential and pull together a learning group to try some things and see what emerges.”
Wang, Shan. "The Join the Beat project wants to tease out better ways of working with an audience directly and regularly on stories." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 15 Mar. 2018. Web. 26 May. 2023.
APA
Wang, S. (2018, Mar. 15). The Join the Beat project wants to tease out better ways of working with an audience directly and regularly on stories. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 26, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/the-join-the-beat-project-wants-to-tease-out-better-ways-of-working-with-an-audience-directly-and-regularly-on-stories/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "The Join the Beat project wants to tease out better ways of working with an audience directly and regularly on stories." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 15, 2018. Accessed May 26, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/the-join-the-beat-project-wants-to-tease-out-better-ways-of-working-with-an-audience-directly-and-regularly-on-stories/.
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