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Articles tagged advance local (5)

Joshua Benton and Hanaa' TameezMay 13, 2020

Cleveland is where the American newspaper union was born, and it’s the latest place where it’s been beaten

The owners of Cleveland’s Plain Dealer have been bleeding its (unionized) newsroom in favor of its (non-union) website for nearly a decade. While organizers have made major gains in new newsrooms, it’s a stinging defeat on labor’s home turf.

Ken DoctorJanuary 24, 2020

Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

After ten years of writing for Nieman Lab, Ken takes a big look back and ahead, defining the state of affairs for the troubled world of journalism.

Christine SchmidtJuly 24, 2019

Will enough readers pay for hyperlocal journalism — over text? Cleveland.com and Project Text will find out

“Everybody who’s tried hyperlocal has done it with traditional stories. This isn’t that. This is a completely different approach to connecting people with the community and engaging with them.”

Ken DoctorSeptember 25, 2018

Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s ambitions for Arc have grown — to a Bezosian scale

It is increasingly the tech stack of choice for major news publishers. But now Arc wants to be the backbone of your digital advertising and subscriptions, too.

Christine SchmidtJune 15, 2018

With its Facebook Watch news show, Alabama’s Reckon wants to make a national audience care about local news

More Facebook Watch news shows are on the way — but is the effort worth it for all local publishers?