Bound to be electrifying, ONA is hosting an energetic round of community-pitched lightning talks where attendees present their Big Idea in Journalism. But they have to keep it short and … Learn about this subject.
How to Innovate As a Journalism Educator (2018)
Learn fresh ways to collaborate, experiment and create content from educators who have gotten buy-in from universities and local communities on ambitious reporting projects. You’ll hear from winners of the … Learn about this subject.
Real News Job Market: Who, What, When, Where
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.
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.
Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Journalism
Blockchain technology – which powers cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but also powers the likes of Ethereum, which allows for building decentralized apps – holds promise for developing a sustainable journalism eco-system. … 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.