When I started the reporting process for my first column, I thought I was exploring the question of whether journalism is harder to get into than ever before. While there’s certainly a lot that can change in the way...
AS RECENTLY AS SIX YEARS AGO, Minnesota’s Cook County News-Herald employed seven full-time staff. Now, there are two working in the office, in addition to some remote help for advertising and layout from staff in New Jersey working on...
The combination of local news outlets being bought out by bigger media conglomerates and the ever-present influence of social media in helping spread news seems to have created a new phenomenon, according to a new study: Issues of importance...
To survive, nevermind flourish, in this environment, strategic innovation — rather than innovation for the sake of it — is more important than ever.If we accept that principle, what lessons can be learned from other news and media organizations...
The Los Angeles Times announced a major expansion of its audience team earlier this month, saying they’ll add more than a dozen new jobs and promote the team’s leader, Samantha Melbourneweaver, to assistant managing editor for audience.RELATED ARTICLEThe LA...
ForFor months, Facebook has been shaken by a steady leak of documents from whistleblower Frances Haugen, beginning in The Wall Street Journal but spreading to government officials and nearly any outlet with an interest in the company. Now, those...
At the conclusion of Substack Grow, we asked writers to share their thoughts on growing their writing practice and Substack publication in the form of an advice column. Today, we’re sharing one such piece of longform advice from Mason...
We take a look at publisher newsletter strategies in the latest of a series exploring new ways to make journalism pay. Previous articles have put a spotlight on membership, philanthropy, crowdfunding and how individual journalists use newsletters to connect...
he Economist has joined the NFT race. The magazine will auction a non-fungible token of its Sept. 18 cover on decentralized finance, headlined “Down The Rabbit Hole,” to raise money for The Economist Educational Foundation. The auction starts on Monday,...
Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner told Politico staffers in a company-wide Q&A Thursday that it was "a mistake" to tell The Wall Street Journal last week that he planned to institute a paywall.Why it matters: Politico staffers have told...
