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Report: For local newspapers to survive, they need to stop telling everyone they’re dying

Report: For local newspapers to survive, they need to stop telling everyone they're dying

Innovation Photo by Travis Nep Smith via Flickr A new study from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism looks in-depth at small newspapers, what’s working, what’s not and what needs to change. “Local News in a Digital World: Small-Market Newspapers in the Digital Age,” was published Wednesday and it […]
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Report: For local newspapers to survive, they need to stop telling everyone they’re dying

Report: For local newspapers to survive, they need to stop telling everyone they're dying

Innovation Photo by Travis Nep Smith via Flickr A new study from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism looks in-depth at small newspapers, what’s working, what’s not and what needs to change. “Local News in a Digital World: Small-Market Newspapers in the Digital Age,” was published Wednesday and it […]
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Top 8 Trends in Local Journalism

Top 8 Trends in Local Journalism

Local journalism — like the wider news media — has been massively disrupted by the advent of new digital technologies and behaviors. This has unlocked a wider range of information and entertainment sources for audiences, created new spaces and opportunities for advertisers, and resulted in layoffs and the shuttering […]
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Top 3 Reasons Local Journalism Remains Important- #3

Top 3 Reasons Local Journalism Remains Important- #3

Journalists interviewed for the Agora report consistently articulated that, despite the pressures and uncertainties their sector faces, core journalistic values and purposes still matter and positively influence the work they do. Interviewees identified three key reasons local journalism remains important in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Previously I talked […]
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Top 3 Reasons Local Journalism Remains Important- #1

Top 3 Reasons Local Journalism Remains Important- #1

Journalists interviewed for the Agora report consistently articulated that, despite the pressures and uncertainties their sector faces, core journalistic values and purposes still matter and positively influence the work they do. Interviewees identified three key reasons local journalism remains important in the Pacific Northwest and beyond: 1. Holding Authority […]
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8 Key Trends in Local Journalism

8 Key Trends in Local Journalism

Image courtesy swiss-truth (CC BY 2.0) Local journalism — like the wider news media — has been massively disrupted by the advent of new digital technologies and behaviors. This has unlocked a wider range of information and entertainment sources for audiences, created new spaces and opportunities for advertisers, and […]
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The Power of Place: When ‘Local’ is More than a Catchphrase

The Power of Place: When ‘Local’ is More than a Catchphrase

Reporter Angela Long takes an in-depth look at local/hyperlocal news in rural Canada in a well-researched, insightful article published on the Local Journalism and Its Future website. For anyone trying to understand the importance of local/hyperlocal news outside urban areas, this is a must-read. Click here to view original web page at localnews.journalism.ryerson.ca Continue Reading →

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VIDEO NOW

A Report of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism From October, 2013 until February, 2014, Video Now visited newsrooms across the United States to interview and observe reporters and editors producing video journalism. Video has become an important editorial tool, as well as a potentially large revenue source for […]
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Cambridge Bay basketball players visit the area

Cambridge Bay basketball players visit the area

Members of the Cambridge Bay youth basketball team were staying in Camborne this past week as they prepare for the prestigious North American Indigenous Games being held in Toronto starting on July 16. Pictured, from left, are coach Terry Aknavigak, Kanen Evalik, Dallas Harvey, Peter Evalik, Lance Akoluk, Joshua […]
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Life at small-market newspapers: A survey of over 400 journalists

Life at small-market newspapers: A survey of over 400 journalists

Small-market newspapers constitute the majority of newspapers in the United States. What is it like to work at these publications? And what do journalists themselves identify as the fundamental challenges and opportunities for this sector? We set out to answer these questions by asking local journalists at daily and […]
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