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An illustration shows an incarcerated person writing with a pen/a prison bar representing the project's idea.
September 20, 2022
Citizen and community news

Building a visual storytelling experience in Newspack

Newspack streamlines publisher content, but creative storytelling can be a challenge.

The social card above was posted to La Voz’s social media sites in English and Spanish to get the word out about the community listening sessions. Along with providing contact information, we also interacted with respondents in the comments of any posts we published to promote the events.
September 19, 2022
Citizen and community news

How listening sessions can connect you to the local community

Build trust and improve content coverage from direct contact with readers.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution News in Education wireframe
September 12, 2022
Citizen and community news

The importance of news in education

Newspapers and other outlets should have a place in the classroom, but how does that come about?

Illustration of woman holding a giant pencil while standing on and editing a page of typescript
September 6, 2022
Citizen and community news

Measuring impact by engaging with readers about your news product

Irina Matchavarini is a 2022 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News in Chicago. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their product work throughout the summer in Innovation in Focus.  In partnership with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News — newsrooms covering race, social justice and community … Continued

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August 29, 2022
Citizen and community news

From 0 to 3,000: Six tactics we used to build a newsletter list from scratch

Use these tips to grow your audience.

La Voz Instagram. 184 followers. Key audience metrics as of 6/8/22. 1. Young audience than Facebook. 67.9% of followers are Gen Z or Millennials. 2. Less gender disparity. ~56% of followers are women, ~53% are men. 3. Localized audience. 46.2% of followers live in Phoenix, top four following cities are all in PHX metro area. 4. 551 average daily page views. Based on PV data from 5/11/22 to 6/7/22.
August 15, 2022
Citizen and community news

How newsrooms can visually navigate internal data

Track audience growth with simple, easy-to-read graphics from built-in platform data.

The Mental Health Parity Collaboration
August 8, 2022
Citizen and community news

The Mental Health Parity Collaboration

A collaboration between The Center for Public Integrity and The Carter Center that researches mental health accessibility across different states.

A screenshot of the content template in Airtable that is used to organize the various resources Trusting News creates.
August 1, 2022
Citizen and community news

How Trusting News organizes their large library of internal resources

Keeping information easily accessible is an essential lesson for newsrooms.

A screenshot of the interactive map commemorating flood survivors includes a headline that says, “Listen to stories of 1972 Black Hills Flood survivors,” an intro that says, “The marked spots on the map are the locations of where the survivors told their stories. Click on the marked spots on the map to read about or hear from survivors of the 1972 Black Hills Flood.” Finally, credits include Annie Jennemann, Regan Mertz and photos by Johnny Sundby Photography.
July 18, 2022
Citizen and community news

Combining historical and current day journalism in an interactive experience

South Dakota Public Broadcasting used archival maps, audio stories, photos and other content to combine reporting on survivors’ stories

Screenshots from Shay Lawson's CPI Instagram takeover
July 11, 2022
Citizen and community news

How to engage your community with Instagram takeovers

Publications are seeing an increase in the amount of audience members because of new engagement strategies in place.

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