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“Listening is great, and talking to community members is great, but we also have to figure out how to be of use.”
As social platforms falter for news, a number of nonprofit outlets are rethinking distribution for impact and in-person engagement.
“So much of podcast music is background, feels like filler sometimes, but with our composers, it never is.”
“We are bringing onto this platform — where people usually talk about their lost cat or that they’re looking for an apartment — serious news content sparking a new kind of conversation.”
“We get requests from all over the world, and everyone says that their country is experiencing unprecedented levels of polarization or a breakdown in social cohesion.”
“We do think our results can inform readers’ priors about the potential effects of social media in the final weeks of high-profile national elections.”
“We observe a dramatic increase in posts containing screenshots of Canadian news stories in the post-ban period.”
Just 15% of Americans paid or gave money to a local news source in the past year, according to new research from the Pew-Knight Initiative.
Recent work from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership offers recommendations.