“This community has largely dealt with news organizations that parachute in and write stories on education without speaking to parents, or they write stories about crime without speaking to residents. “
At least half of the new newsrooms will be “based in communities that are unserved or underserved, run by founders who have historically been shut out.”
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.
“If you’re looking for someone who has managed a local news organization through a global pandemic, you’re not going to find one. As an industry, we’ve weathered a lot, but this is all new.”
“I think the interesting challenge is figuring out how to balance investment in the organizations that are producing the quality journalism today with those organizations who might be emerging and able to produce several years in the future.”
“The daily newspaper reporter might say, ‘You’re a community journalist, that’s so cute.’ But the fact is we’re professional and have our own organization.”
Schmidt, Christine. "Want to start your own local online news outlet? With a new staff and a $1 million grant, LION Publishers wants to do more to help." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Dec. 2019. Web. 26 Jul. 2024.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2019, Dec. 9). Want to start your own local online news outlet? With a new staff and a $1 million grant, LION Publishers wants to do more to help. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/want-to-start-your-own-local-online-news-outlet-with-a-new-staff-and-a-1-million-grant-lion-publishers-wants-to-do-more-to-help/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Want to start your own local online news outlet? With a new staff and a $1 million grant, LION Publishers wants to do more to help." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 9, 2019. Accessed July 26, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/want-to-start-your-own-local-online-news-outlet-with-a-new-staff-and-a-1-million-grant-lion-publishers-wants-to-do-more-to-help/.
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