news media

Yes, we live in an age where the pace of news is set by social media. Yet, in accepting that pace, we need not defer to, or worse mimic, that attention span.

“We don't have enough examples of these messengers truly being embedded in the editorial strategies of the newsrooms,” Ragland said.

Across the country, Ragland sees signs of what might come next: contributor networks, ambassador programs, even “influencer labs” embedded in newsrooms.

We’re used to hearing “influencer” and thinking of beauty TikTokers or viral creators — but in this context, influence is about credibility, consistency and deep community ties, not follower counts or algorithm darlings

So it is not just the case that the business of news is challenged, or that people are sceptical of news media and generally hold journalism in low regard—though both of these things are true. It is that on almost every measurable indicator, the social contract between much of the public and the news, as traditionally conceived, reported and distri... See more

Civic media seeks to understand, honor, and convey people’s life experience, em -bracing their complexities rather than flattening them into actors within a predetermined narrative. Instead of holding journalists apart as “neutral” bystanders, civic media producers embrace an ac -tive mission of serving people’s information needs.

Civic media seeks not simply to “inform” or “entertain,” but to equip people with the informa -tion they need to make the places they live better

the basic point—that media coverage is often misleading, and that this occurs not through making things up but through omission, framing, and decisions about what to treat as important and unimportant—is correct.