Community Media Workshop
The Community Media Workshop, founded by a journalist, Hank De Zutter, and a community activist, Thom Clark, is a small institution trying to link the two Chicagos by encouraging the media to tell the...
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Disruptive new business models are emblematic of our generation. Yet they remain poorly understood, even as they transform competitive landscapes across industries. Business Model Generation offers you...
View ArticleYouTube Creator Playbook
Welcome to the first edition of the YouTube Creator Playbook! We’re excited to provide Partners and creators with a new resource that compiles important tips, best practices, and strategies to build...
View ArticleThe Poynter Institute
Poynter is a school that exists to ensure that our communities have access to excellent journalism—the kind of journalism that enables us to participate fully and effectively in our democracy. What we...
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Niche Perspective: Publisher forum February 29th examines revenue,...
On Wednesday, February 29th, Day Two of the JA forum on sustainable journalism highlights the practice of niche publishing, one name for specializing in a particular subject matter or a certain type...
View ArticleBlock by Block
Block by Block is a network for online pioneers who are creating sustainable models to provide community, neighborhood and local niche news. With support from The Patterson Foundation, Block by Block...
View ArticleCopyblogger: WordPress Design, Traffic, and Conversion Solutions
People want valuable online content, so compelling content becomes advertising that actually works. And using the right words in an engaging, persuasive way (that’s copywriting) determines not only how...
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Niche news publishing: “No one shoe fits all.”
Image credit: Lars Christensen - Fotolia Go deep, not wide, in content and audience. That’s my quick overall takeaway from today, Day Two of our forum on sustainable journalism. Today’s conversation...
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JA sustainability forum deconstructed: Publishers dish revenue models,...
You’re starting a news site to fill a community need. Or you’ve been running one for years; now you want to stabilize income, maybe expand. The recent double-header JA forum on increasing revenue to...
View ArticlePart 3: Memorable quotes from revenue forum reveal perspective and promise
Quotable Moments Quick takes, capturing earned insight from publishers day-to-day discoveries shared in the JA’s two-day forum on increasing revenue. Wise quotes from these experienced folks, to...
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Part 2: How-tos from revenue forum bundle local and niche publisher tactics...
Check out some of the participants who joined in to share their take. The sum of the parts offered in this how-to module surfacing over two days of top notch conversation. How-tos of basic business...
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Part 1: Emerging practices from revenue forum bundle local and niche...
Emerging practices across revenue streams Check out some of the participants who joined in to share their take. The sum of the parts offered in this emerging practices module surfacing over two days of...
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Easy to use index: Find emerging practices, publisher techniques and revenue...
Publishers taking part in the recent JA forums on increasing revenue to news sites created a dynamic conversation. And since it was on JA’s forum platform designed with a shelf life, all that shared...
View ArticleReynolds Center Beat Basics by veteran business journalists
Good business journalists look for anecdotes, or personal stories that drive home a point. The numbers we use help punctuate the anecdote. When I worked at Forbes Magazine, we would spend days trying...
View ArticleJournalist’s Resource
Unlike most journalistic stories or blogs, academic studies are the product of months or years of work; they can include analysis of large sets of data or carefully conducted experiments. A scholar...
View ArticleDigital Training Comes of Age
Journalists want to learn new digital tools and techniques. Will they be comfortable learning those things digitally, using webinars, e-learning and self-directed classes? If online education is easier...
View ArticleKent State Media Law Center for Ethics and Access
The Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, originally named the Center for Privacy and the First Amendment, offers workshops and seminars in media ethics and access to government information. It...
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Community Journalism Executive Training: Define your exit to build a legacy
A huge experiment CJET brought more than thirty community and investigative publishers together for intensive, hands-on business training. Check out presentations and resources that emerged, download...
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JA resource collection designed to fuel your business success
A section of the tag cloud from JA's resource index, offering a quick way to source information you need. Today’s news market finds many publishers overwhelmed by information, tools and apps, with few...
View ArticleLearnStreet
LearnStreet is an early-stage startup focused on changing the way people of all backgrounds and skill levels learn how to code. We are a small, passionate team of product craftsmen, hackers and...
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JA Interview: Building a pipeline for minority journalist entrepreneurs
Doug Mitchell brings ideas to angels. He is co-director of the UNITY New U Entrepreneur Fellowship program. Funded by the Ford Foundation, the program aims to help minority journalists get the...
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Was 2012 the year of the prosperous publisher? What we know now
If 2012 was any indication, 2013 holds great promise for new revenue tracks, new partnerships and adapting to best practices to not just serve, but delight, audiences. In early 2012, just about a year...
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2012: What we know now on local advertising, meeting the needs of communities...
As part of the larger story, the top lessons from a range of perspectives learned over 2012 is a four-part series the JA is running over the month of January. This is the second part of the series and...
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2012: What we know now on building public trust, raising money and a free...
Was 2012 prosperous for publishers? The four-part series continues, with this third installment offering key lessons from three well-respected practitioners known for thinking outside the box. Mike...
View ArticleRenaissance Journalism
Renaissance Journalism provides training, technical assistance, consultation and grants to journalists and organizations that share our passion for media innovations that strengthen communities. Key to...
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