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“We know as well as anyone that Black communities across the country are not monolithic. Black people within communities are not monolithic.”
Sixteen percent of Americans pay for news, a report earlier this year found. It’s not exactly trickling down to local outlets.
“To recreate it would have been prohibitively expensive for even the most generous philanthropic organization.”
The Oklahoma-based investigative site had about 750 subscribers paying $30 a month.
It’s exploring how to get more people to care about local government, while trying to make enough money to build on the types of coverage that get residents interested and involved.
“At the heart of it is to get more people to engage with us with their information so we can get them into the pipeline for potential membership.”
With a new grant from Knight, the nonprofit organizations are working to improve their customer management systems and better integrate membership data into their websites.
Plus: keys to sustainability for nonprofit news, an auspicious start for Apple Newsstand, and all the rest of this week’s required reading.