Next week in Miami, community leaders, tech experts and philanthropic organizations will explore how foundations can -- and are -- helping people get better informed about the issues that shape their communities. Here's how you can follow the action.
Fact checking keeps getting more interesting. This week the Washington Post debuted an early version of an online tool to help people spot false claims that politicians say in speeches, TV ads or interviews.
Teaming up is one sustainability option for community or niche news. Recently, the I-News Network (a Colorado-based nonprofit news service focused on in-depth state reporting) merged with two Denver public broadcasting affiliates -- one TV, and one radio.
Today the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced the winners of the third Knight News Challenge round for 2013, which focused on mobile projects to engage and inform communities.
Aside from the 4G TVs, this year's Consumer Electronics Show offered some useful new gadgets for journalists. What might you really want to buy -- and what's not quite ready for journalism prime time yet?
This week Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION) announced it exceeded its first-year recruiting goal by 50%. Currently the group has 75 members, even though it had aimed to recruit 50 in 2012.
Could your community news/info site use help developing a sound strategy for search engine optimization and social media? This spring, Medill students will offer this help, for free, for up to 10 hyperlocal sites.
This week longtime community news publisher Robert Niles released a new e-book intended to help community and niche news publishers build a strong business that helps communities while making money.
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