Knowledge of platforms and story forms, digital news consumption, company strategy and web metrics - and the ability to engage news consumers based on this knowledge - is an emerging skill set for journalists.
Often the "future of news" debates revolves around the news industry. In NJ, a new effort will leverage community organizing strategies on behalf of quality local journalism -- so communities can join forces with journalists to advocate for better local news, and better access to local information.
Report for America would be “a new national service program focused on local reporting that would more efficiently deploy philanthropic resources to media enterprises that need it most,” writes proponent Steven Waldman.
Outspeak, a collaboration between The Huffington Post and digital video network Broadband TV, describes itself as “the first next-generation online video journalism network.”
The pull of tradition – those routine stories, that focus on the next day’s print newspaper, the idea of being all things to all people, fear of missing something – can undermine a newsroom's transition from print focus to digital.
NewsLynx is an analytics platform designed to help newsrooms track whether their stories are referenced in official reports, legislative actions or other contexts.
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