Be the organizer, not the storyteller

October 21, 2021
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Find out what matters to your community; it might not be your news stories This week’s post focuses on examples of successful business strategies for local news publishers. The strategies have become ever more critical as local news organizations have suffered mightily in the covid-19 crisis. Several years ago I was working in Belarus, a […]

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Confession: Why I avoid reading (some of) the news

April 29, 2021
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For journalists to be effective, we have to read the news the way a long-term investor does. We need to look for value. Wise investors take note of those who predict that the the stock market is headed for record highs or a sudden collapse. They give an ear to the self-appointed gurus who say […]

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