Weekly roundup — Surprise industry shakeups, fact-checking evolves with the...
TOP NEWS THIS WEEK Last summer, The Houston Landing launched with more than $20 million in funding. This week, staffers at the start-up were shocked to learn that their popular editor-in-chief, Mizanur...
View ArticleHow journalists care: A framework for building trust and relevance
Care involves the ability to hear, understand and recognize others’ needs and feelings. Centering care, though, goes one step further by taking on the work of looking after and providing for the needs...
View ArticleNeed to Know: January 17, 2024
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Network correspondents talk about covering a Trump-dominated Iowa race (Deadline) But did you know: News outlets make an early call in Iowa, and a backlash ensues...
View ArticleA tense meeting with Baltimore Sun’s new owner, the perks of creating city...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: The Baltimore Sun purchased by Sinclair’s David D. Smith (The Baltimore Sun) But did you know: New Baltimore Sun owner insults staff in meeting, says paper should...
View ArticleWeekly roundup — Navigating news avoidance, a journalistic ethic of care, and...
TOP NEWS THIS WEEK This week, Sinclair executive David D. Smith purchased The Baltimore Sun — and held a tense meeting with staff where he admitted that he spent at least $100 million to purchase a...
View ArticleHow to create an emotionally safe space
Remember 2020? The pandemic, wildfires, racial reckonings and the dangerously divisive presidential elections? (Just writing that line makes me feel like I should have given you a content warning!)...
View ArticleCovering crime through a public safety lens, Trump traffic declines, and the...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Inside CNN, a debate over taking Trump live (The New York Times) But did you know: Inside the collapsing U.S. political-media-industrial-complex (Semafor) News...
View ArticleYoung journalists struggle to find opportunities, explaining values-based...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: She started an aid network for laid-off journalists and it spread like wildfire (Poynter) But did you know: A shrinking path: Ten young journalists open up about...
View ArticleBlack Americans aren’t seeing news they value, rethinking comment sections in...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Majority of Black Americans see racist or negative depictions in news media (PBS) But did you know: Fewer than half of Black Americans say the news often covers the...
View ArticleWeekly roundup — A tough week for the industry, young journalists share their...
TOP NEWS THIS WEEK It’s been a notably bad few weeks for the news media industry. Sports Illustrated laid off most of their staff, while the Los Angeles Times laid off 115 newsroom employees. Business...
View ArticleHow to make room for self-care in your work
When I was growing up, there was this popular saying: “You can’t love others until you love yourself.” For me, this wasn’t the case. In fact, I found it much easier to love others. But over time, I...
View ArticleTips to prioritize your well-being, 404 Media stops bot scraping with email...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: After LA Times layoffs, questions about diversity and seniority swirl (Nieman Lab) But did you know: Los Angeles Times owner clashed with top editor over unpublished...
View ArticleThe impact of laying off Latino journalists, communicating your elections...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Mainstream media bloodbath: News outlets slash jobs as business suffers (Axios) But did you know: Latino journalist layoffs threaten coverage of disinformation...
View ArticleReaching offline readers with postcards, concerns about journalists’ safety...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: How to engage and reach new audiences with postcards and snail mail (Medium, Trusting News) But did you know: How to meet readers where they are (when where they are...
View ArticleWeekly roundup — Media outlets ‘stare into the abyss’, how to build local...
TOP NEWS THIS WEEK This week, The Messenger closed after less than one year in operation. It’s the latest in a string of media catastrophes that prompted Paul Farhi to ask “Is American journalism...
View ArticlePrioritize Your Workload
When I worked as a digital producer at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, I was part of a team reimagining our digital strategy. We had no shortage of ideas, but felt like we couldn’t experiment because...
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Six news organizations join the American Press Institute’s cohort to design...
Six news organizations will participate in the American Press Institute’s live events sprint program, a five-month cohort aimed at helping news organizations design and market live events within their...
View ArticlePreparing young leaders for management, Americans can tell fake headlines...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Let’s talk about the 90 percent of Republicans who don’t trust us (Medium, Trusting News) But did you know: New survey results show ominous findings about the state...
View ArticlePublishers moving away from subscriptions, newsrooms collaborating with...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: The Guardian sees record U.S. reader revenue (Axios) But did you know: News companies reverse course on hard subscriptions (Axios) Many outlets have found that hard...
View ArticleHow the Atlantic introduced group subscriptions, covering extreme political...
OFF THE TOP You might have heard: How we’re failing to cover the cops (Columbia Journalism Review) But did you know: Better relationships with cops won’t help journalists cover crime (Poynter) A...
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