New model for local news: Ken Doctor aims to launch Lookout next year.
“Overall, we believe the successful local news outlets of the 2020s will be the ones that authentically embed themselves into the life of the communities they serve,” he writes.
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The Guardian Digital Profitable
The Guardian digital profitable: “This is all pretty remarkable,” writes Laura Hazard Owen. It makes the majority of its revenue from reader donations and digital sources. The news remains free.
Keeping Ticked-Off Subscribers
Keeping ticked-off subscribers: There are ways to keep angry newspaper subscribers, writes Laura Hazard Owen.
Try renewal discounts, extending or upgrading existing subscriptions and reminding customers of the “full” subscription price.
Collaboration Journalism
Collaboration journalism: Local media in the U.K., Italy and Finland turn to teamwork to confront declining revenues and shrinking staffs, writes Christine Schmidt.
It’s “true-blue teamwork using the skills, abilities, tech, and yeah, money pooled between entities to ideally do journalism with a much more powerful punch,” she writes.
Wall Street Journal Tames Online Commentary
Wall Street Journal tames online commentary: Select articles will be open for audience posts, writes Louise Story, to encourage “thoughtful discourse.”
Aims to focus on “original comments,” not on boisterous “repliers” who don’t read the articles.
Tips For Resisting Fake News
Tips for resisting fake news: “The way our memory works means it might be impossible to resist fake news completely,” writes Julian Matthews.
Think like a scientist: Ask what type of content it is, where it is published and who benefits.
Public Thinks Local News Thrives
Public thinks local news thrives: Few pay for it, it’s free and TV is top source, writes Laura Hazard Owen, city Pew research.
Seventy-one percent of those surveyed believe their local news outlets are doing very or somewhat well financially, in part because TV is doing better than hard-hit newspapers.
Internet Reader Traffic Report
Internet reader traffic report: Promising platforms in 2019 are SmartNews and Flipboard, writes Kelsey Arendt.
Twitter and Google appear to be slipping, says Arendt. Drudge Report seen the least reliable traffic source on the internet.
Tips On Pitching Freelance Stories
Tips on pitching freelance stories: Knowing exactly what your story is about is crucial to piquing an editor’s interest, writes Tim Herrera.
Write “a solid, clear, powerful nut graf,” he advises. Impress the editor.
“Get me interested to learn more, but more important, make me want to tell this story to the readers of my publication,” writes Herrera.
News Exhaustion
News exhaustion: Laura Hazard Owen writes that “pretty much everyone is exhausted by the news.”
A new Pew Research Center study shows that news fatigue is more common in those who follow news less often and those with lower approval of news media. Seventy-three percent of white Americans express news fatigue, higher than Hispanic and black Americans.
Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists 