Local News & Information
People will pay for the convenience of not poring through internet sludge all day and having someone clarify what they need to know.”
Kyle Chayka • 🟧 Aggregation theory
Media revenue model hiding in plain sight: How connection could pay media's bills
Mili Semlanilinkedin.comThe relationship between journalism and the people it aims to serve is broken. But we can heal it if we learn to put audiences and communities at the centre of everything we do. The News Alchemists newsletter wants to help you to do just that.
News Alchemists #20: "Why create a need when you can meet a need?"
Americans no longer have an accurate sense of their own society. For example, a few years ago, a poll showed that Americans, on average, think Muslims are seventeen times as large a portion of the U.S. population as they actually are. Another poll showed that most Americans think a majority of immigrants are in the country illegally (in fact, 77%... See more
Bristol Cable launches hybrid news and social networking app in bid to double membership
journalism.co.ukWhile Americans in polls report historically low levels of trust in the media, it could be in large part because much of the press hasn’t been speaking to the concerns of their everyday lives. It would mean incorporating the knowledge and skills of reporters like Heather Bryant, who grew up in rural Missouri, where her lower-income family would buy... See more
America Needs a Working-ClassMedia
full of people who are committed to celebrating the city, investigating its institutions and bringing readers together via amazing conversations and events
Joshi Herrmann • Irrational optimism and the rebuilding of local journalism
In the absence of professional journalism—in so-called news deserts across the country—critical information systems are left to the algorithmic biases of a few social media giants. Dig further, though, and you’ll find block club newsletters, school newspapers, library workshops, public access broadcasts, grassroots community teach-ins, and... See more