Looking to the future of journalism, might networked collaboration yield greater return?
Asking if journalism has effectively defined this yet, there may be more than one answer.
Posted by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser on August 8, 2013
Topics: Blog, Community Tags: Accountability, Analysis, Best Practices, Capacity, Civic Journalism, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Emerging Trends, Future of Journalism, Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, Media Consortium
Collaborative FCC report urges the IRS to modernize how it grants tax-exempt status for media outlets, encouraging experimentation and innovation through the option of nonprofit formation.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 11, 2013
Topics: Policy, Resources Tags: Accountability, Foundation, Funding Models, Internal Revenue Service, Journalism, Journalism Policy, Media Advocacy
Responding to the need for local accountability journalism, leaders of investigative startups share insights about reporting, funding and the future. Watch full sessions or review highlights.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on November 9, 2012
Topics: Community, Resources Tags: Accountability, Cronkite School of Journalism, Information Needs
Focusing on distribution as well as content, North Carolina explores how broadband service providers can "bolster accountability journalism." What is the answer in your community?
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on July 13, 2012
Topics: Distribution, Policy, Resources Tags: Accountability, Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie-Knight, Community News, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Information Needs, Internet Providers, Knight Foundation, Report
With a goal of "ensuring everyone’s right to information," the National Freedom of Information Coalition has been actively supporting state member groups' and journalists' right of open access to information since 1991.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 12, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Policy, Resources Tags: Access To Information, Accountability, First Amendment, FOIA, Investigative Journalism, Knight Foundation, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, Transparency, Watchdog Reporting
A treasure trove of data to help you inform your communities; follow the Money is the only program in the nation that provides high-quality campaign spending data across all fifty states to further the public good.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 3, 2011
Topics: Community, Policy, Resources, Revenue Tags: Accountability, Campaign Finance, Data, Finance, Free Tools, Investigative Journalism, National Institute on Money in State Politics, NIMSP, Policy, Political Spending, Transparency
Serving the public trust for over two decades, this is investigative journalism at its best.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 9, 2011
Topics: Community, Policy, Resources Tags: Accountability, Center for Public Integrity, CPI, Investigative Journalism, iWatch News, Public Interest
Sandy Rowe’s take on emerging possibilities for news, reporting and potential models for the future.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on August 29, 2011
Topics: Craft, Experiments, Resources, Revenue Tags: Accountability, Analysis, Cognitive Surplus, Collaboration, Investigative Journalism, Local, Watchdog Reporting
Marsha Iverson is the King County Library’s public relations specialist. Iverson outlines how libraries offer valuable data, and access to top notch fact checking, as a free service available to all news and information producers.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 27, 2011
Topics: Blog, Craft, Interview Tags: Access To Information, Accountability, Public Information
