Giornale di Brescia, one of Italy’s most popular local newspapers, quit Facebook in November 2020. It was not an easy decision: at that time, the company’s Facebook page had more than 200,000 followers and drove almost 20% of the...
It probably wouldn’t surprise you that a much higher percentage of the American public thinks that news outlets fail to report the news accurately compared to the journalists who work in the business.
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As more professionals join the "Great Resignation” or “The Big Quit,” what options are available for journalists who want to be their own boss?In the past, self-employed journalists primarily became freelancers for bigger publications. However, there are now ample...
Small weekly and rural newspapers were already struggling before the pandemic. Many had to close family-operated, decades-old publications, creating news deserts. Once the pandemic hit, more of these newspapers closed — just when residents needed important information about how...
Much has already been said, tweeted and complained about The Washington Post’s tagline, “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” that was unveiled at the start of the Trump administration. It’s harsh, foreboding and alarming. But it’s also true. When people don’t...
A month ago I reported, as did The Washington Post, that Gannett had directed its 250 papers to stop lecturing readers, cut back on institutional voice editorials and save staff and newsprint expense by eliminating print opinion pages most...
As the media world changes rapidly, journalism schools find it difficult to keep up. The relevant skills journalists need today are often missing from their curricula, particularly when they concern the business of journalism. This case study is drawn...
Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: Attract and serve a Spanish-speaking audience not through AI translation, but through showing respect — building capacity and being careful to ensure the information you publish is accurate, timely and culturally competent.
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When is an editor’s note like a comb-over? When it’s trying to hide what the editor would rather not own up to.On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial declaring “fanciful” and “unlikely” the story of a 10-year-old...
Benchmarking a variety of digital publishers employing a membership model to ensure you succeed in this strategyMembership models, also referred to as registration, are forever growing in popularity amongst producers of all types of digital content. And it’s easy...
