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Knight News Challenge feedback phase open until Oct. 21

Knight News Challenge feedback phase open until Oct. 21

News for Digital Innovators
Tue, October 7, 2014 | 5:46 p.m. PDT
by Melissa Kaplan

This year's Knight News Challenge, which focuses on libraries in the digital age, is accepting community feedback until Oct. 21. Here are a few highlights.

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Community news, independent journalists win at OJA

Community news, independent journalists win at OJA

News for Digital Innovators
Tue, September 30, 2014 | 2:05 p.m. PDT
by Melissa Kaplan

Some of this year's OJA winners included developing community stories and tools that can benefit small to mid-sized media sites.

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Testing can boost your website traffic

Testing can boost your website traffic

Community News Leadership 3.0
Tue, September 30, 2014 | 1:23 p.m. PDT
by Julia Scott

Getting readers to read more, share more, and click more are universal conversion goals for news and information sites. The practice of A/B testing can lead to dramatic increases page views, social shares, and more.

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OJA winners announced this weekend

OJA winners announced this weekend

News for Digital Innovators
Tue, September 23, 2014 | 4:05 p.m. PDT
by Melissa Kaplan

The winners of the 2014 Online Journalism Awards will be announced this Saturday at the ONA Conference and Online Journalism Banquet in Chicago. 

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Library innovation for stronger communities: Pew research, Knight News Challenge

Library innovation for stronger communities: Pew research, Knight News Challenge

Community News Leadership 3.0
Tue, September 23, 2014 | 3:03 p.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

How younger Americans view, and use, libraries today will largely determine the future role of U.S. public libraries. A key challenge might be getting younger people to value what libraries have to offer, new Pew research indicates. The current Knight News Challenge on Libraries might offer some new approaches to reinvigorate libraries as a hub for community enrichment and engagement.

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Civic user testing: How to make open government more engaging, effective

Civic user testing: How to make open government more engaging, effective

Community News Leadership 3.0
Tue, September 16, 2014 | 4:00 p.m. PDT
by Amy Gahran

It wasn't by accident that access the Smart Chicago Collaborative was able to make access to open government data easy, and even fun.  The Collaborative has cultivated a community of paid civic user testers to make sure their civic apps meet the needs and expectations of Chicagoans -- an approach that can be emulated in other communities.

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Knight Cities Challenge: $5 million in grants to foster successful cities

Knight Cities Challenge: $5 million in grants to foster successful cities

News for Digital Innovators
Tue, September 16, 2014 | 1:34 p.m. PDT
by Melissa Kaplan

The Knight Foundation has invested $5 million to the Knight Cities Challenge to foster successful cities. Entries will be accepted from Oct. 1 - Nov. 14.

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Climate Confidential taps into publishers' cooperative spirit to revive local environmental beats

Climate Confidential taps into publishers' cooperative spirit to revive local environmental beats

Community News Leadership 3.0
Tue, September 9, 2014 | 7:26 p.m. PDT
by Sally Duros

A new niche newsroom, Climate Confidential, is reviving local beat reporting on environmental issues through a project called Local Edition.

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Tools, Tips & Trends

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...