Melody Kramer | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Melody Kramer

Melody Kramer is a 2015 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow and is currently serving a two-year term appointment with 18F. She was previously a digital strategist and editor at NPR.

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Newsrooms, social scientists, public health professionals, and librarians unite

“We’ll see more attacks on public institutions — libraries, universities, school boards, news organizations. They’ll be hard to parse and hard to think about as connected.”

Radically rethinking design

“2017 means rethinking every aspect of our designs: what they say, what they assume, and how they might better serve our audiences.”

The most exciting company in media sells a card game

“The Cards Against Humanity team is smart, they’re independent, they make money despite releasing their entire product online for free — and they’re building something much larger than a late night party game.”

July 13, 2015

Putting the public into public media membership

Getting beyond tote bags and pledge drives is critical to the sustainability of public media. Is there an alternative vision of membership that relies on relationships more than money?

May 15, 2015

What, exactly, does it mean to be a member of a public radio station? Can that definition expand?

Melody Kramer is trying to build the next generation of supporters for public media by letting them contribute by sharing a skill as well as their credit card number.

Crowdsourcing the future of news

“The news industry. Well, everyone’s going to be getting the news on their phones. I don’t know. Huh.”