Irrational optimism and the rebuilding of local journalism
that local journalism is a crucial facet of society that connects us to the places we live and the people who live around us and gives us a sorely needed sense of shared reality in an atomised age; that this kind of journalism has been decimated in Greater Manchester and pretty much every other community in this country because its old business mod... See more
Irrational optimism and the rebuilding of local journalism
In this context, the mission of local news and information takes on an entirely new dimension. Instead of holding it responsible for all civic failures, the local news site becomes a portal to projects.
Tal Shachar • Main Street Bets
On the local news side, there are exciting experiments around community media and re-envisioning local news not just to be something that we bring back in its old form, but something that is co-created in a participatory manner by communities.
As a marketing executive, I view business as one of the greatest adventures of the human enterprise—if not the greatest. But I am not just a businessman: I am also an unapologetic romantic.
Tim Leberecht • The Business Romantic
Journalism is facing both a trust crisis and a sustainability crisis. Membership answers to both.
Ariel Zirulnick • Membership Handbook
- The future of internet media is less, but better. Time and attention are precious, finite resources. How we spend them determines the quality of our lives. We believe media practitioners have a responsibility to treat time and attention as sacred, refusing to churn out commoditized filler content or algorithmic bait, and instead only ask for
Foster Presents • Steal Our Media Strategy
If we want independent and quality editorial to maintain a vital place in our democracy, we have to imagine a new set of relationships between platforms, editorial, marketers and audiences. A promising innovation is already in place at one platform: Twitter.
John Battelle • John Battelle's Search Blog Marketers Have Given Up on Context, And Our National Discourse Is Suffering
The networked, fast-paced culture of the 21st century needs companies that can take complex subjects and turn them into cogent, compelling, and inspiring human narratives.