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What Drives People to Pay for Local Journalism | Medill Local News Initiative Link toWhat Drives People to Pay for Local Journalism | Medill Local News Initiative

Medill’s Spiegel Research Center (SRC) is analyzing many terabytes of anonymous data about reader behavior and customer motivation to identify what…

Introducing The Membership Guide, a practical handbook for launching and growing membership Link toIntroducing The Membership Guide, a practical handbook for launching and growing membership

The most successful modern publishers focus their editorial processes on building trust and meeting the needs of the communities they…

10 strategies for how journalists can cover a watershed as a beat Link to10 strategies for how journalists can cover a watershed as a beat

We all live in a watershed, even if we don’t know it. Watersheds are the areas of land that encompass…

A new Gallup/Knight Foundation study shows the connection between local news and civic engagement. Here’s how we’re working to address its key findings Link toA new Gallup/Knight Foundation study shows the connection between local news and civic engagement. Here’s how we’re working to address its key findings

It’s been a tumultuous year. If one thing is clear between a once-in-a-century global pandemic, a nationwide reckoning over racial…

Four strategies for identifying and assessing news and information needs during the COVID-19 pandemic Link toFour strategies for identifying and assessing news and information needs during the COVID-19 pandemic

This is new for all of us. Never before in our lifetimes have we had to deal with a mass…

The Lenfest Institute is partnering with the Membership Puzzle Project to create a guide to membership models in news Link toThe Lenfest Institute is partnering with the Membership Puzzle Project to create a guide to membership models in news

At the Lenfest Institute our primary focus is to develop sustainable business models for local news. We’ve pursued this goal…

How VTDigger created self-service portals to better connect its readers and boost revenue Link toHow VTDigger created self-service portals to better connect its readers and boost revenue

Vermont may be one of the smallest states in the United States, but the nonprofit news site VTDigger, has a…

What the AP and Newsday learned from automating coverage of 124 school districts Link toWhat the AP and Newsday learned from automating coverage of 124 school districts

There’s only so much newsrooms can cover. Local news organizations have limited resources and they can not report on everything. …

How WBUR’s BizLab learned that newsroom buy-in is key to a successful affiliate revenue program Link toHow WBUR’s BizLab learned that newsroom buy-in is key to a successful affiliate revenue program

Affiliate marketing has become a steady revenue source for some of the largest news organizations in the world. Outlets such…

Testing our hypotheses: Here’s what we learned from our 7 Local News Business Model Challenge grantees Link toTesting our hypotheses: Here’s what we learned from our 7 Local News Business Model Challenge grantees

Our mission at the Lenfest Institute is to find and develop sustainable business models for local journalism. Since we are…

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