Building a baseline takes a village: JA sustainability forum index
Two days, 300 comments and 50 participants later, what did we learn? Publishers share revenue practices offered in a comprehensive easy to use index to help you hammer out new tracks to prosperity.
Learnings from CJET: Build your business know-how
Thirty+ publishers of independent community and investigative news sites built business action plans for sustainable futures at the first ever Community Journalism Executive Training. Sharpen your focus with CJET takeaways and resources.
Was 2012 a year of prosperity for publishers?
Tapping into the 2012 experiences of news leaders from across the field. Motivating sales staff, connecting with readers, identifying missing pieces in your financial puzzle. Anticipate some of the changes ahead for 2013. What are you eager to try?
Finding new ways of expressing media
The Breaking News Network (BNN) is reimagining news and information social networks. Striving to become a "PBS of social media sourced news," BNN segments Twitter feeds across 350 cities with a potential reach of 400,000 to give the local arts, civic and cultural groups a way to get their message out.
The tech trend for 2013 is responsive design, holding fresh promise to deepen connections between media consumers and their beloved media. Key is to tap into that love, and attach it to your branded information. Here's what we're learning about it, why we think it matters and ways you can try it on.
Transforming journalism for a new era
How might a Northwest-based Center for Journalism Innovation and Civic Engagement provide a unique approach to truly transform the possibility and promise of journalism in the digital age?
Welcome to the Journalism Accelerator
Re-thinking J-school: The JA invites a deeper conversation inspired by students, how those of you in the process of getting your degrees and just getting out into the job market see what’s working and what’s not. What most excites you about the future of journalism and your place in it?
“Tweet with integrity.” Exploring “better practices” applied at the recent Media Reform conference, the JA offers fresh thinking and outlines steps to build a social strategy before a conference — to develop contacts going in, how to deepen conversation during and expand relationships after.
From business basics to angel advice, the UNITY New U Entrepreneur Fellowship program is designed to help minority journalists launch and build viable businesses. Find out how and see what 2012 seed grant winners are doing in this interview with New U co-director Doug Mitchell.
The JA creates active conversations across communities in search of new, sustainable models for journalism. We connect people, host discussions, find useful resources and track ideas to support and share emerging practices in the field.
Recent Blog Posts
Wednesday, May 15
What kind of journalism education today best sets students up for success tomorrow?
Blending business skills into how the journalism gets done: how can the classroom throttle student success to drive real innovation into the new news market supply chain?
Friday, May 3
Friday, April 26
To optimize your experience at conferences, formulate a social plan to build a rich narrative and broaden connections. Check out how the JA reached out before, during and after a recent event.
Tuesday, April 2
JA Overview: Free Press Media Reform Denver conference
JA’s panel picks, luminaries we can’t wait to meet and some of the events we’ll be checking out. What are you excited to learn about, what are your big questions?
Recent Comments
Friday, May 24
May Zayan on What kind of journalism education today best sets students up for success tomorrow?
Friday, May 24
David Craig on What kind of journalism education today best sets students up for success tomorrow?
To address both Lisa's and Katie's questions, I'm talking a lot in my journalism ethics class about challenges that journalists face in using social media – particularly verification. Last fall I focused one class session on ethical issues in data ...
Friday, May 24
Katie Zhu on What kind of journalism education today best sets students up for success tomorrow?
That's a very good point – the ethics of data is a beast in its own. Simply not scaling axes properly can skew readers' perception of the story that the data is telling. (See http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/02/13/171935151/chart-check-...
Friday, May 24
Katie Zhu on What kind of journalism education today best sets students up for success tomorrow?
Woop, too long of a comment. But would love to hear your feedback! That's just my stream of consciousness.
Terrific breakdown Dan, especially your take on organic collaboration rather than a forced effort. The chemistry you speak about it is precisely what's at the heart of good journalism to begin with. The education that most of us get (I'm a second-yea...