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The Journalism Accelerator resource section features what other news producers have used, applications to up productivity across distribution, technology, revenue, craft, community, experiments, education and policy. We’re also collecting (and welcoming your recommended) resource listings from other industries that may help publishers gain efficiency.
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Resource Listings
Monday, October 2
Tweets for Keeps: September 2017
Storytelling with “tweetstorms,” tips for laptop security, the future of nonprofit journalism, the benefits of crowdsourcing, collaboration to increase transparency Tools & Tactics News organisations are increasingly using “tweetstorms” as a storytelling strategy, incl. @TexasTribune @storybench https://t.co/M0Mmg3b5n9 pic.twitter.com/F6b6MHsx28 — GIJN (@gijn) September 23, 2017 Tips & Techniques Got a new laptop? Here’s how to maintain…
Thursday, August 31
How to ID a quality lead, tips for journo-coder collaboration, grants for untold stories, thoughtful reporting on mental health, students sharing success stories Tools & Tactics We all know your article lead is key — here's how to make sure it's a good one https://t.co/AV3NoZm233 — ACP (@acpress) July 22, 2017 Tips & Techniques .@AlbertinePiels…
Monday, August 7
Tools to extract data from PDFs, optimizing your article lead, using reader power to up impact, broadcast news to “inspire and educate,” one man’s experience with driving digital change
Monday, July 17
An app to test fake news judgement, best practices for IoT projects, animation in dataviz, international insight into smart cities, expanding reach through readership
Resource Comments
Thursday, March 14
Dean M Gray on AltWeeklies Content Exchange
To be accurate I never suggested that AAN was not accepting new members. True, AAN does publish a policy about membership with membership criteria stated... “we can’t exactly describe what an alt weekly is, but we know what it is when we see it....
Wednesday, March 13
Lisa Skube on AltWeeklies Content Exchange
Hey Dean, thanks for bringing your voice to the conversation. You raise a good question asking "what is an alt weekly is" but I would suggest many newsrooms across the nation face this. The field of news broadly continues to redefine its identity & r...
Wednesday, March 13
Dean M Gray on AltWeeklies Content Exchange
The problem with AAN is it has devolved into a self-determining "good old boys and girls club" and, as membership falls, not admitting new members. With a membership policy of "we can't exactly describe what an alt weekly is" how can the organizatio...
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PauPress
One of the first seamless customer relationship management (CRM) systems for WordPress allows you to customize work flow, commerce, data and community with a free or paid version.Posted on August 2, 2013
Topics: Resources Technology
Nonprofit Journalism – A Growing but Fragile Part of the U.S. News System
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.Small Biz Survival
Illuminating the challenges faced by small businesses in small towns and rural areas, with insight into useful tactics for achieving success and overcoming challenges.twitonomy
Twitonomy offers detailed, visualized analytics about every aspect of your Twitter account with both free and premium content. Easily browse, search, filter, learn – iterate & repeat.Posted on June 1, 2013
Topics: Resources Technology
B Corps
Can a company be profitable and benefit its community? B Corp certification ensures businesses meet "rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency."Posted on June 1, 2013
Topics: Distribution Resources
Just wanted to let the JA community know that we've submitted a Knight News Challenge open government grant application to expand OpenMissouri to our cities. If you'd like to know more, or support the application, go here: https://www.newschallenge.o...