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Laura Hazard OwenOctober 22, 2015

A new project from Knight and Temple helps metro newsrooms get digital faster (and on a deadline)

It’s a peer-to-peer program for regional newsrooms.

Shan WangSeptember 18, 2015

Pitching coach: A program at the University of Toronto wants to turn subject experts into freelancers

“We’re running this like a clinical program. It’s more like a medical residency than a j-school.”

Joshua BentonSeptember 1, 2015

As giant platforms rise, local news is getting crushed

The quest for scale, driven by the distribution power of a few enormous technology platforms, is killing the business case for local news. Will anything take its place?

Freek StapsAugust 25, 2015

Want to create a more digital newsroom? Find your inner startup

Newsrooms large and small have hosted startup-like projects within their walls. Here are some ideas if you want to do the same.

The Salt Lake Tribune, its future uncertain, offers to eliminate all its ads — for 10 bucks a month

Ken DoctorMay 14, 2015

Newsonomics: Razor-thin profits are cutting into newspapers’ chances at innovation

It’s taken lots of cuts to keep American newspaper companies even slightly profitable. But without better cashflow, they’ll continue to struggle to build the next version of the industry.

Justin EllisApril 15, 2015

The Dallas Morning News is building data (and sources) through its new Rolodex tool

The open-source tool lets reporters contribute contacts to a centralized newsroom collection of sources — but it can also be used to build larger reader-facing data products.

Caroline O'DonovanFebruary 18, 2015

Media accelerator Matter tries to connect an entrepreneurial ethos to traditional media companies

“At other accelerators it’s: Hit a home run or you’re dead to us. Matter is trying to find this middle ground, being things that are mission-oriented, and something that can actually scale.”

Ken DoctorJanuary 22, 2015

Newsonomics: How deep is the newspaper industry’s money hole?

Forget keeping up with the economy — what would it take for the newspaper business just to keep up with inflation? Even the “growth” areas are slowing down.

Justin EllisDecember 9, 2014

Why The Dallas Morning News is asking Hispanic parents to help cover education

The paper’s new Hispanic Families Network provides parents with smartphones and training on how to report and share information on early-childhood education with others in their community. And so far it’s all taking place on Facebook.

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