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  • Engage, explain and empower: The Local Sweden's audience strategy during election season
  • Who is mapping the news industry? Ten goldmines of interactive data, profiles and case studies

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lpm.org /2 weeks ago

Digging In: Filling a gap in local news

Shay McAlister started her own independent news resource to meet audiences where they are.

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journalism.co.uk /4 weeks ago

Engage, explain and empower: The Local Sweden's audience strategy during election season

Instead of going on its own assumptions, this publication for foreign residents asked readers to shape their election coverage - and the responses changed everything

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journalism.co.uk /1 month ago

Who is mapping the news industry? Ten goldmines of interactive data, profiles and case studies

Discover handy indexes, maps and directories which allow you to easily understand global audience trends, local news deserts, press freedom and more

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goodgoodgood.co /1 month ago

How journalists are winning back the trust of marginalized communities

Trust in journalism was displaced long before the rise of digital and social media. Here's how individual reporters are building it back.

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theblaze.com /1 month ago

This startup is automating investigative journalism. Is that a good thing?

What happened to investigative journalism?Lots of things, none of them good. The conglomeration of publishers, revelations concerning Project Mockingbird, the re-legalization of go...

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lpm.org /1 month ago

LISTEN: JCPS student reporters on why journalism matters

LPM talked with groups of JCPS student journalists on why they report and what changes they’d most like to see in their community.

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rappler.com /1 month ago

What makes news worthy?

This World News Day, Rappler celebrates what makes news worth reading, remembering, and supporting — and opens the Rappler+ community to more people with a special annual rate of...

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journalism.co.uk /1 month ago

Journalists invited to help restore trust in UK Media

The research, part of an international project led in the UK by the University of Lancashire, aims to identify the qualities that define journalism and help rebuild public trust

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localnews8.com /1 month ago

Company data sitting in a spreadsheet somewhere just broke a national news story. Here's how.

  Journalists find news everywhere: from conversations and interviews, research reports and press releases, and things they observe out in the real world. One way reporters are inc...

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rappler.com /3 weeks ago

[Be The Good] Does your community want a chat room on Muni?

We need more people leaving the 'old' enshittified internet, and choosing better alternatives

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journalism.co.uk /1 month ago

"We can't have a lightning strike kill our business": The European Correspondent crowdfunds three years of anti-SLAPP 'i...

The pan-European newsroom raised €7,000 from readers, providing a defensive measure against powerful players who want to silence reporters through frivolous and expensive lawsuits

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theguardian.com /1 month ago

These journalists share vital reporting with thousands of US immigrants – all by text and WhatsApp

Independent outlets are leaning on social media, chat and other nontraditional methods to fight disinformationWhen Allan Marrero, an asylum seeker from the Cayman Islands, was rele...

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journalism.co.uk /4 weeks ago

I’m a staff editor turned "creator journalist". Here's how to maintain trust and independence when going it alone

How do you make a living from influencer-inspired news without resorting to clickbait tactics or feeding the outrage engine?

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csmonitor.com /3 days ago

Reporters on the Job: From Boston to Kamianske, Ukraine

Every week, a selection of Monitor staffers and contributors share their challenges and insights from reporting around the globe.

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journalism.co.uk /1 week ago

Processing spaces: a format for more constructive community discussions

Discover essential trust exercises that help people open up and discuss sensitive topics

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journalism.co.uk /1 day ago

The tools our journalism community cannot live without

We asked the JournalismUK community what they would grab first on a desert island newsroom. The answers ranged from a roll of gaffer tape to a bullshit detector

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everlaw.com /1 month ago

Building Stronger Communities Through Accessible Public Records

Building Stronger Communities Through Accessible Public RecordsA conversation with Dr. David Cuillier, Director of the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the Univ...

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gothamist.com /1 month ago

Hyperlocal New York City publications are having a moment

A shrinking media ecosystem has paved the way for individual creators to start their own newsletters. [ more › ]

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journalism.co.uk /1 week ago

"AI doesn't adhere to borders": SPUR Coalition adds 40 more members, including global news agencies, hyperlocals and tra...

The latest cohort ranges from The New York Times and The Atlantic to UK independent Blog Preston and Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert

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tonyskansascity.com /3 weeks ago

Kansas City Star Local Reporting Inspired By Tireless Reddit Bots

Apparently, when the newspaper isn't taking their marching orders from the Democratic National Committee, they're letting bots do their work for them.  Context about how tech real...

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rappler.com /1 month ago

Join Rappler Movers Program: Write stories, build communities of action

With the new Movers Program, local storytellers and civic leaders will have more opportunities to hone their leadership skills, amplify local stories, and contribute to meaningful...

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journalism.co.uk /1 week ago

US State of Local News Report 2026: Three newspapers close per week, as traffic drops and startups emerge

238 US counties now lack local news coverage, even as digital startups and content creators try to fill the gap

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nytimes.com /2 weeks ago

15-Minute Lesson Plan: The Power of Student Journalism

Young people at The Cornell Daily Sun have led the reporting on the assault case on their campus. What role do student journalists play in both reflecting and challenging their com...

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journalism.co.uk /1 month ago

Can a shared "language" for AI tools fix the newsroom's context problem?

Newsroom AI tools are smart on their own but clueless together, forcing journalists to do the joining up by hand. AP and Reuters want to change that with a shared standard that let...

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