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Meet the entrepreneur who is building trustworthy journalism in Romania Alex Enășescu launched a newsletter and website focused on news about his hometown, Iasi, Romania, in 2021. We began a conversation on Substack when he commented on one of my posts. I thought his story would inspire other digital media entrepreneurs. This interview was done […]
Read More »Veteran journalists tap overlooked stories to woo readers, funding support Local news panel at Maple Heights branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library March 15, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. From left, Sam Allard, Axios Cleveland; Helen Maynard, Signal Cleveland; Troy Smith, Axios Cleveland; and Mark Naymik, Signal Cleveland. The future of quality journalism […]
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How recent articles have affected my thinking about the future of journalism One of my favorite recent articles was a newsletter post by Dick Tofel, former general manager of the investigative news site ProPublica. He asked the question, Time for local newspapers to go all-local? In other words, should local newspapers stop filling their web […]
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Digital entrepreneurs and philanthropists are collaborating to replace lost coverage Why write about “reasons for optimism” when so much is going wrong in our politics, economy, and environment? Optimism gives us confidence we can make things better. As I like to say, it’s another day of opportunity. The declining quality of local news coverage in […]
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Publishers can fill a big void in coverage, but they need the right people A media entrepreneur asked me recently if I was optimistic about the future of local news organizations. Actually, I am. Let me run through some of the reasons and end with some caveats. First of all, there is a shortage of […]
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Local and national competitors adopt previously unthinkable sharing tactics Recently I have been doing a lot of research about how news organizations have turned to collaboration rather than competition as a business model. This would have been unthinkable only a few years ago. Editors and publishers jealously guarded their exclusive stories and competed to unearth […]
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The stories of innovative digital news media are one of my favorite parts of ISOJ, the International Symposium on Online Journalism now under way at the University of Texas, Austin. This year was no exception, and in just one hour, an all-star panel managed to leave us with many ideas and even wanting more. The […]
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