Conventional wisdom and Bureau of Labor Statistics data agree: journalism employment has struggled for a decade. A new analysis of 40 million online listings from Tow-Knight and Emsi suggests a … Learn about this subject.
Lessons from Black Twitter: Inclusive Reporting in Diverse Communities
A Knight Foundation analysis of interactions between Twitter’s black, feminist and Asian-American subcultures — and the news media that cover them — shows well-placed mistrust, cynical story mining and ambivalent … Learn about this subject.
Membership Has Its Benefits
Membership models are as diverse as the organizations that use them, with plenty of experimentation in recent years. We’ll gather journalists leading for-profit, non-profit and professional society membership-centered newsrooms to … Learn about this subject.
Trust, Media and Democracy
Join commission members Raney Aronson-Rath, Frontline, Mizell Stewart III, Gannett and John Thornton, founder, Texas Tribune, along with Brandon Busteed from Gallup to discuss how journalists and technologists working together … Learn about this subject.
Retention: Are Subscribers Finding Value?
Many newsrooms have made a successful push for subscriber or member growth in the past few years and are now turning to retention issues. How do we measure whether those … Learn about this subject.
Fostering Needed Conversations
In any community, difficult conversations need to be addressed, and news media are increasingly seen as a place to foster dialogue in a productive way. We’ll cover the groundbreaking work … Learn about this subject.
Creating Value With Memberships
Memberships offer a unique value proposition: rather than a straight pay-for-content play, they seek to create an online community people pay to join, with the understanding that a membership supports … Learn about this subject.
News as a Community Conversation
With a renewed focus on subscribers or members, mamy newsrooms are seeking to redefine their relationship with their community. Newsrooms large and small are developing new digital means for creating … Learn about this subject.
Events With an Editorial Lens
Events are rapidly proving to be a viable revenue stream for newsrooms large and small. We’ll look at a variety of event models and sizes, while keeping editorial parameters in … Learn about this subject.
Seeking Growth in an International Audience
As newsrooms continue to seek new audiences to engage with their reporting, many are finding opportunities beyond their home country. We’ll look at opportunities for international growth from organizations who … Learn about this subject.