“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.”
“Traffic to news sites through social media has dropped in recent years, and over half of adults over 65 don’t use social media at all. We wanted to build a way to get The City’s service journalism to New Yorkers who wouldn’t otherwise see it.”
The precarity of local news outlets has left them with “little to no access to capital.” A new report imagines what state and local government, philanthropies, and community-minded institutions could do to change that.
“I wouldn’t want any readers to get the impression that we have, like, millions of dollars in venture capital that we’re [spending on] sushi Thursdays.”
Questions from readers ranged from basic (What’s ranked choice voting?) to skeptical (Why are we even doing this?) to strategic (How can I optimize my ballot so that [Candidate X] doesn’t win?).
Ellis, Justin. "Did the city of New York just create a platform for hyperlocal news?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 16 Oct. 2015. Web. 14 Dec. 2024.
APA
Ellis, J. (2015, Oct. 16). Did the city of New York just create a platform for hyperlocal news?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/10/did-the-city-of-new-york-just-create-a-platform-for-hyperlocal-news/
Chicago
Ellis, Justin. "Did the city of New York just create a platform for hyperlocal news?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 16, 2015. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/10/did-the-city-of-new-york-just-create-a-platform-for-hyperlocal-news/.
Wikipedia
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