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Lots of great future-of-news pieces in the new issue of Nieman Reports
As we mentioned previously, it’s time for a new issue of Nieman Reports, our sister quarterly here at the Nieman Foundation. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve given you previews of two of its...
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Nonprofit news organizations form network but bring different priorities
An unprecedented meeting of nonprofit news outlets at the Rockefeller family’s estate in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., last week may lead to a nationwide network for investigative journalism. But establishing...
View ArticleWhat Voice of San Diego wants in an “engagement editor”
One thing you should know about Voice of San Diego’s new engagement editor gig: it’s not (just) about social media. Yes, being active on Facebook and Twitter will be part of the job, but that’s a means...
View ArticleSeeking Sustainability, Part 1: Voice of San Diego’s Woolley and others on...
Seeking Sustainability: Presentation on entrepreneurialism and venture mindset from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. This spring, the Knight Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion exploring a crucial...
View ArticleSeeking Sustainability, Part 2: John Thornton and others on strategies for...
Seeking Sustainability: Presentation on revenue generation from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. This spring, the Knight Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion exploring a crucial issue in journalism:...
View ArticleSeeking Sustainability, Part 3: VOSD’s Scott Lewis and others on engagement,...
Seeking Sustainability: Presentation on engagement and community-building from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. This spring, the Knight Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion exploring a crucial issue...
View ArticleSeeking Sustainability, Part 4: Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith on the many...
This spring, the Knight Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion exploring a crucial issue in journalism: the sustainability of nonprofit news organizations. This week, we’re passing along some...
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Meet “The Hub,” a virtual clubhouse for community nonprofit news sites
At the Block by Block community news conference last month, an irony emerged: Local site publishers, who spend their days cultivating community, hadn’t enjoyed much community amongst themselves. Again...
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The 2012 Summer Olympics are turning into a giant coming-out party for the...
Did you hear about the Olympic fencer who refused to leave the piste after losing to a computer glitch? I didn’t watch it on television or on NBC’s web livestream, since I don’t have cable. But I did...
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The newsonomics of the Koch Brothers and the sales of U.S.’ top metros
It almost makes wary Tribune watchers pine for Rupert Murdoch. In what is shaping up to be the biggest sale of metro U.S. newspapers in history, with six of the top 50 newspapers about to change...
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Scott Lewis: Learning from social platforms to build a better news site
About four years ago, I nervously sat on a roundtable between Madeline Albright and Alberto Ibargüen, CEO of the Knight Foundation. Next to Ibarguen was Marissa Mayer, then an executive at Google. She...
View ArticleJournalists and their funders: Whose job is it to measure impact, and how...
Chuck Lewis didn’t mean to become the Yoda of nonprofit journalism — it just sort of happened that way. He was a reporter for decades before founding his first nonprofit, the Center for Public...
View ArticleA club that will have me as a member: Voice of San Diego and MinnPost are...
About 300 people filled an event space in San Diego a couple weeks ago to take part in a discussion sponsored by Voice of San Diego on innovations with origins in the area. The assembled crowd served...
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In the world of nonprofit news, different paths to sustainability for local...
As the world of nonprofit news matures, the good news is that more news organizations are creating ways to increase their revenue and expand their audience. The bad news: They’re still heavily reliant...
View ArticleVoice of San Diego’s “What We Stand For” is straightforward — and a bold...
“High-quality education for all children.” “Preparations for the long-term challenges of drought, energy supply, and climate change.” “Government transparency, open meetings and accountability.” None...
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