Ahead of the presidential election next month, there are widespread fears about the impact of misinformation. The AP is hoping to curb election-night misinformation by hiring 5,000 people to cover ...
Traditionally, editors at The New York Times manually chose which 50 to 60 stories to feature on its homepage every day. But recently, the paper has been experimenting with editorially-influenced ...
Americans face increasing news fatigue. That may feel palpable in an election year when journalists are keyed into critical issues around elections of all sizes — and polls suggest many Americans ...
There was no question that misinformation would re-emerge during this election cycle, but the flurry of falsehoods that took hold following the two hurricane disasters reveals how prevalent a problem ...
Plus: How rural newsrooms are convening their communities, how to visually represent data on race and more ...
If you’re ever in Newton, Kansas, on a Friday afternoon, plan to visit the Harvey County Now newspaper office. You probably won’t find anyone in front of a computer screen out in the newsroom. Instead ...
Local news organizations are uniquely positioned to not only share news and information with their communities, but play other roles outside of gathering the facts — a social connector, a convener of ...
Most TikTok users are turning to the platform for entertainment and pop culture, not news, according to a recent Pew Research survey. The research, conducted by Regina Widjaya, Samuel Bestvater and ...
The Osage News is not just a news organization — we’re a community partner. As our industry has shifted away from an advertising business model over the past 15 years, topics such as community ...
Why is it that local journalism has always depended on the same two revenue streams of ads and subscribers? If one of a newspaper’s jobs is to build community by capturing the history of a place and ...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned working in engagement journalism over the years, it’s that throwing an event is hard work. You’ve got to book a venue, caterers and speakers. Coordinate schedules.
Local and community-based media this year are strategically using print to build engagement around their election coverage. For our part, we’ll closely follow the 14 outlets incorporating a strategic ...