“We are bringing onto this platform — where people usually talk about their lost cat or that they’re looking for an apartment — serious news content sparking a new kind of conversation.”
“Traffic to news sites through social media has dropped in recent years, and over half of adults over 65 don’t use social media at all. We wanted to build a way to get The City’s service journalism to New Yorkers who wouldn’t otherwise see it.”
The precarity of local news outlets has left them with “little to no access to capital.” A new report imagines what state and local government, philanthropies, and community-minded institutions could do to change that.
“I wouldn’t want any readers to get the impression that we have, like, millions of dollars in venture capital that we’re [spending on] sushi Thursdays.”
Questions from readers ranged from basic (What’s ranked choice voting?) to skeptical (Why are we even doing this?) to strategic (How can I optimize my ballot so that [Candidate X] doesn’t win?).
This summer, a team of students is testing whether a database-driven, structured journalism model can work well on topics like urban policing and Uber.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "“Learning to write again”: A Duke team tests a new way of reporting on New York City government." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 26 Jun. 2015. Web. 23 Jul. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2015, Jun. 26). “Learning to write again”: A Duke team tests a new way of reporting on New York City government. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/06/learning-to-write-again-a-duke-team-tests-a-new-way-of-reporting-on-new-york-city-government/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "“Learning to write again”: A Duke team tests a new way of reporting on New York City government." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 26, 2015. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/06/learning-to-write-again-a-duke-team-tests-a-new-way-of-reporting-on-new-york-city-government/.
Wikipedia
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