How to stop doing things that aren’t working, newsletters for subscribers only, and sustaining climate coverage

One of the biggest challenges we’ve heard from the newsrooms we work with is that there’s not enough time. Journalism has always been a high-stress job, but it’s become increasingly so as budgets have tightened across the industry and newsrooms have tried to keep up the pace and volume of work with fewer resources. But […]

Explain the life cycle of a news story, how to grow individual giving, and can ‘citizen influencers’ boost vaccine rates

Gannett is changing its crime coverage, what a new lawsuit could mean for women journalists, and Covid coverage isn’t changing behavior

How to pursue drone footage, covering COVID with automated news, and tailoring audience ‘listening tours’

The Metrics for News team is excited to announce a new opportunity for Metrics for News partner newsrooms to join a cohort focused on how to reach new audiences. We will have up to 10 available spots in the cohort. During the pandemic, we learned that many of our newsroom partners were interested in using […]

Weekly roundup — how local news orgs spread vaccine misinfo, how to be accessible on social media, and weekend reads

Apply for funding for government reporting, what community-centered journalism looks like, and blind trust is as bad as mistrust

Stop ‘journalismsplaining,’ how to help improve audiences’ media literacy skills, and partisanship also exists in Catholic media

How local media can spread vaccine misinformation, how headlines can mislead, and earning trust with communities of color