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Robert Washburn
Professor e-journalism
Loyalist College

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Recent Posts

Research: More stations produced more local news than ever during 2020

This is the first installment of this year’s RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey. Dig deeper into the data here and stay tuned for more about newsroom innovation, staffing and diversity.

Facebook to pay $5 mln to local journalists in newsletter push

Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday said it will give $5 million to pay local journalists in multiyear deals as part of its new publishing platform to help independent writers attract an audience and make money through the social media network. The move is part of Facebook's answer to the [...] Click here to view original web page at www.reuters.com

‘All News Is Local’ is More Applicable than Ever Before

There’s a famous saying that “All politics Is local.” As politics has become nationalized and even local candidates are now being forced to follow or defend the pronouncements of the national political parties, the adage is seemingly less accurate. Meanwhile, COVID-19 has caused the news industry to be turned [...] Click here to view original web page at www.editorandpublisher.com

County’s Faster Forward Summit Program aims to assist larger local businesses to grow

The show: The full interview with bonus material: Millions of dollars are being spent by the provincial and federal governments to keep small and medium-sized businesses afloat during the pandemic. For larger enterprises, support to sustain them or even help them grow has not always been available.

Applications Open for the Tiny News Collective

We are proud to announce that the application for our inaugural cohort of founders in the Tiny News Collective will launch on Monday, March 15, 2021. Launching a news organization is time-consuming, complicated, expensive — and risky.