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Zoom calls and other virtual meetings have become a permanent part of how many workplaces, including newsrooms, function. Photo: Christopher Montgomery | Unsplash
June 5, 2023
How-to

10 things to build community in your remote or hybrid news organization

Even before the pandemic, reporters would often file from coffee shops, cars or living room floors — so we are familiar with a remote or hybrid work setting. Despite this, it’s still easy to feel isolated or disconnected from our colleagues when everyone isn’t given the opportunity to see each other and build relationships in … Continued

Woman typing on a laptop with small plants and a pencil holder on her desk.
May 31, 2023
How-to

The biggest regret of those who’ve been laid off and an action item to propel you into your next opportunity

Enter “The Career Hype Doc” — your most powerful asset for career success.

Black and white illustration of a laboratory flask, a model of an atom and a cartoon witch.
May 30, 2023
How-to

The art of prompting AI: Science or Witchcraft?

While there are no secret prompts that will unlock new levels of responses, you will get vastly different results depending on how you prompt and which language model you use.

Screenshot from BBC website. Editorial Guidelines. Guidance: Visually impaired and hearing impaired audiences
May 29, 2023
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Going beyond the guidelines to make your news more accessible

A conversation with Ab11y’s Charlie Turrell and Gareth Ford Williams.

Project Optimist founder Nora Hertel (center) talks with a Jama Alimad (right), an elder in St. Cloud's Somali community, and Sara Nimis (left), a volunteer moderator in the Shades of Purple dialogue series, during the first dialogue event May 13, 2023 at the Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud, Minn.
May 25, 2023
How-to

The highs and lows of launching multiple products in a news startup

Project Optimist launched with a single product and now works on multiple fronts.

Paul Bird, co-founder, Minnesota Digital and Tracey Williams-DIllard, CEO and Publisher of The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder at the Spokesman-Recorder office in S. Minneapolis.
May 24, 2023
How-to

Using digital screens to grow your audience and build a new revenue stream

If your audience won’t come to you, maybe it’s time to think about going to your audience. That’s one of the guiding principles for a new pilot project from RJI, Dynasty Media and Minnesota Digital.

A screenshot of the Washington Post's Accessibility Checklist. The first listed item is Screen reader & keyboard controls.
May 23, 2023
How-to

Tools and tips to make your news site accessible

There are some good places to start, even if not everything works for you.

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May 18, 2023
How-to

How we start building access for disabled journalists

Zoom, Calendly, Otter and other tools.

Illustration: Galih Warsita | Vecteezy
May 16, 2023
How-to

Don’t have a newsroom policy for ChatGPT? Join the club!

Things are moving fast in the generative AI world for everyone but making time for conversations about the opportunities and challenges should go on the to-do list.

A screenshot of a webpage. Along the top of the page is an image of the San Fernando Sun newspaper. At the top left is the Sun's logo, which is black and red and written in a sans serif text. To the right of the logo is the Sun's logo but in Spanish. It is red and in serif font. There is a teaser in the right corner with a photo of a person in a yellow shirt. Below the masthead is a black banner with the date, volume number. Hovering just over the photo is an emoji of a handshake. Below the photo is the title of the page "Community Contributor Program" written in black, sans serif text. There is a paragraph of text in black sans serif font beneath it.
May 9, 2023
How-to

The Community Contributor Program Toolkit

Provide your community with broader, innovative coverage while involving community members in the newsmaking process.

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