Author: Lamar
The People’s Beat: Finding the right pace as a startup newsroom
Diversifying tasks and coverage while finding solutions to the challenges of being a startup led by people of color.
‘Nobody wants to hear what I have to say…’
Making community connection the lede.
Local news leadership transitions require budgets, bandwidth and a breadth of skills
Sara Shahriari of INN shares insights on the challenges of succession planning for nonprofit news organizations.
Creating an affordable text system for your community centered newsroom
SMS systems are often expensive, pay per a text plans can make it affordable.
Growing collaborative local journalism means expecting the unexpected
The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, based at the University of Missouri, is finding creative ways to navigate a perpetual struggle: how to make our free, collaborative content so available and relevant that it’s a no-brainer for any local newsroom to join in.
Making sense of your core web vitals
Learn how the loading speed, accessibility and other performance metrics of your news site stacks up.
What journalists are saying about Muslims in the news media
Community voices.
Acknowledging the toll
Why we need trauma-informed safety training for journalists.
Being the utility man of product work
There is a lot to gain from getting to experiment in different spaces of product work on a team.
ONA22: Metrics and mission don’t have to stay separate
At ONA22, yesterday’s Tech Trends talk tying the future of journalism to AI and the metaverse gave way to a discussion today about using AI and data-driven decision-making to connect more closely with audiences.