Alice Dreger
Can we talk about the leftist politics of INN and its funders?
The Balkanization of journalism funding will only have ill effects.
commentary/analysis
Alice Dreger
Local News Publishers React to Press Forward’s Latest Plan
"Like a gut punch."
Dick Tofel
Why Philanthropy IS a Business Model
While "nonprofit" is not.
Alice Dreger
Is “artificial intelligence” an oxymoron in local news?
The real importance of what we do is the process.
Dana Amihere
Does it really have to be this hard?
We could ditch the platitudes for meaningful action, now.
Alice Dreger
Looks like we hit a nerve.
Reactions to Saturday's post.
Alice Dreger
Big philanthropy is infuriating local news publishers.
How out of touch can they be?
Alice Dreger
ANNO Is Genuinely Different
“ANNO is the grassroots trade association that we've all been dreaming of.”
Corinne Colbert
Local dollars aren’t enough to save local news in many places.
He who controls the money controls who gets local news.
Amos Gelb
Hey, Press Forward, don’t forget us.
Lots of people are clamoring for Press Forward’s resources, yet the biggest voices seem to either have lots of money already or don’t even do journalism.
Alice Dreger
Five Months In, Five Observations on Press Forward
Who's winning? Who's waiting? And why?
hacks
What if you produced less news?
Lab rats have something to tell us about our news production rates.
Alice Dreger
What Ezra Klein Got Wrong Today
We have resources and opportunities the New York Times never will.
Corinne Colbert
Does big philanthropy really care about our smaller news markets?
Nonprofit news operations are critically different in structure; if revenues exceed expenses, those funds go to the community’s good. But making ends meet remains very hard in our smaller markets.
nonprofit
Can we get serious about this nonprofit news fever?
I chuckle when I see the latest celebratory announcement that a news organization is proudly turning nonprofit. My reaction is, “So it got that bad, huh?”
commentary/analysis
The Literally Impenetrable Medill Map of Local News
The famous Medill map purports to be about the local, but it’s basically flyover.