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Community engagement tips: Help people understand their phones and use them as media tools

Community News Leadership 3.0

Fri, February 3, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. PST

Community engagement can be a huge challenge for any media project. But for four years now, the Mobile Voices project in Los Angeles has helped immigrant and low-wage workers create stories about their lives and communities—thus empowering themselves and increasing their visibility in a society which often overlooks their many contributions.

Project coordinator Pedro Joel Espinosa explained how face-to-face interaction and consumer education, not just technology, make this project work…

What news projects are community foundations funding? Here are 10 examples

Community News Leadership 3.0

Tue, January 31, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. PST

by Michele McLellan

Local foundations are becoming key players in the emerging local news ecosystem by funding news and information projects or creating their own. Here’s a look at some of the projects that have attracted community foundation support through the Knight Community Information Challenge.

How to bring journalists and Wikipedia closer together?

Community News Leadership 3.0

Fri, January 27, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. PST

by Amy Gahran

EDITOR’S NOTE: Yesterday KDMC published an interview with Fabrice Florin, who’s now in charge of engaging new editors at Wikimedia (the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia and other projects). That conversation sparked further thoughts on how and why journalists might get more involved with Wikipedia, which Florin shared in an e-mail to trusted collaborators. With his permission, we’re republishing it here…

What journalists can learn from Wikipedia about community engagement

Community News Leadership 3.0

Thu, January 26, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. PST

by Amy Gahran

Recently Fabrice Florin took a new job: the former executive director of NewsTrust.net (a social network where people find and share quality journalism) is now the product manager for new editor engagement at Wikimedia (the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia and other projects).

Wikipedia has a problem: the number of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia articles has been shrinking. Florin has been tasked with encouraging more people to contribute to Wikipedia, and with making it easier to get involved. He’d especially like to see more journalists editing Wikipedia…

Knight Community Information Challenge - A way to promote community engagement with news, info

Community News Leadership 3.0

Mon, January 23, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. PST

by Michele McLellan

The Knight Community Information Challenge provides unique opportunities for community foundations and news innovators to partner in creating or improving projects that engage their communities in local news and information. Here are three things to consider if you have an idea for a challenge project:

Truth Goggles: digital tools for truth vigilantes, part 2

Community News Leadership 3.0

Wed, January 18, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. PST

by Amy Gahran

News from anywhere, even the New York Times, always warrants a skeptical eye. Could digital tools help alert news consumers when sources quoted in news stories might be bending the truth?

On Tuesday I offered a roundup of ideas from digital media experts. Today we’ll take a trip to technology’s bleeding edge. Dan Schultz of MIT explains his ambitious plan to build an “automatic bullshit detector”...

Digital tools for truth vigilantes, part 1

Community News Leadership 3.0

Tue, January 17, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. PST

by Amy Gahran

Over the past week, the truth vigilante flap stirred up by New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane has sparked tremendous conversation, mostly concerning whether journalists should clarify when sources are probably lying.

This got me wondering: If a news organization decided to point out when sources spout inaccurate claims, HOW might this be accomplished? Specifically, which digital media tools might help news consumers notice and understand these problems more easily?

I asked some of the smartest people in digital media about this. Here are their ideas…

From outside the newsroom, former insiders offer perspective

Community News Leadership 3.0

Mon, January 16, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. PST

by Michele McLellan

Two top editors who left their newspapers last year capture reflections on what editors might have done differently years ago to push bolder change in their newsrooms - and might still do.

Thoughtful posts by Melanie Sill and John Robinson could prove highly instructive for editors who are still leading traditional newsrooms through the digital transition.

Newspapers under siege as 65 percent of digital ads go to tech companies

By Nancy Yoshihara
6/14/2016 | 10:00 pm GMT

Newspaper revenues and circulation, print and digital combined, continued to decline in 2015 while both cable and network TV enjoyed...

The Diversity Style Guide: Important resource updated and expanded

By Nancy Yoshihara
6/5/2016 | 10:00 pm GMT

Anyone who dismisses or ignores this guide should not be working in journalism. The updated Diversity Style Guide is one...

Community engagement tips: Help people understand their phones and use them as media tools

What news projects are community foundations funding? Here are 10 examples

How to bring journalists and Wikipedia closer together?

What journalists can learn from Wikipedia about community engagement

Knight Community Information Challenge - A way to promote community engagement with news, info

Truth Goggles: digital tools for truth vigilantes, part 2

Digital tools for truth vigilantes, part 1

From outside the newsroom, former insiders offer perspective

Newspapers under siege as 65 percent of digital ads go to tech companies

The Diversity Style Guide: Important resource updated and expanded

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