The public research project analyzed membership projects worldwide. They found successful communities were fixated on learning what their members value.
“Our weekly Insider meetings are attended by the editor-in-chief, CEO, membership manager, product manager, support manager, developer, marketing and design team, with occasional drop-ins from finance and events team reps. Of the 10 regular attendees, only three of those positions existed before the decision to move into membership.”
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.”
Owen, Laura Hazard. "For public radio stations, “membership” mostly means “money”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 23 Mar. 2018. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
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Owen, L. (2018, Mar. 23). For public radio stations, “membership” mostly means “money”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/for-public-radio-stations-membership-mostly-means-money/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "For public radio stations, “membership” mostly means “money”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 23, 2018. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/for-public-radio-stations-membership-mostly-means-money/.
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