Pew report on recent success of nonprofit news outlets offers cautions and optimism, with a funding roadmap of how a number of outfits are achieving profitability.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on July 9, 2013
Topics: Resources, Revenue Tags: Business Models, Grants, Interactive, Media Analysis, Nonprofit, Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, Publishers, Report, Research, Revenue
Are we innovating around the wrong paradigm? Pew's latest assessment explores the effects of a decade of cutbacks and suggests areas that may hold promise for the future.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 28, 2013
Topics: Policy, Resources Tags: Digital Media, Emerging Trends, Future of Media, Information Ecology, Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, Report
Offering “more complete, reliable, and accurate data,” FCC report shows a decline in minority station owners. With growth in number of stations, representative coverage a growing gap to fill.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on January 18, 2013
Topics: Policy, Resources Tags: Diversity in Journalism, FCC, Media Ownership, Report
A strategic vision from an investment firm finds real impact by directing money to entire sectors. How can this help journalism, as an entire industry, thrive?
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on December 21, 2012
Topics: Resources, Revenue Tags: Fundraising, Nonprofit, Philanthropy, Report, Research, Revenue
A reflection on nine pilot projects in collaborative journalism, highlighting what worked and what didn't. Key takeaways: Content sharing can work; revenue sharing "a tough nut to crack."
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on December 21, 2012
Topics: Experiments, Resources Tags: Analysis, Collaboration, Experimentation, Partnerships, Report, Research
Analysing journalism’s future through the lens of a needed restructuring. Targeted to help journalists, news organizations and groups outside the traditional news ecosystem move ahead to success.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on December 7, 2012
Topics: Education, Resources Tags: Analysis, Digital Journalism, Future of Journalism, Report, Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Offering insights to the highs and lows of freelancing, useful broad context as more journalists become self-employed. Findings explore attitude, practices and entrepreneurial success.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 10, 2012
Topics: Community, Resources Tags: Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Freelance, Report
Go deep, reach out, play with form, promote participation. Just some of the best practices in this guide for journalism in the public service contextualized by the shifting media world.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 10, 2012
Topics: Community, Craft, Resources Tags: Best Practices, Center for Social Media, Civic Engagement, Collaboration, Digital Media, Report
Journos now need fluency in multimedia, data, entrepreneurship and social engagement. Use this report documenting the desire and payoff of training to build a professional development plan.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on August 24, 2012
Topics: Craft, Education, Resources, Technology Tags: Analysis, Knight Foundation, Report, Reporting Tools, Training
Kickstarting a fight against Washington State's "information ghettos" where "vast areas of the state are starved" of relevant local news. "The stakes go...to the heart of the democratic process."
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on August 14, 2012
Topics: Community, Education, Policy, Resources Tags: Digital Democracy, Information Needs, Journalism School, Local News, Policy, Report