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Digital news publishers — especially at the community level — are in a fight for survival. Most news sites get crumbs in ad revenue compared to big commercial sites like Yahoo and Autotrader. -
When it comes to getting paid, who are news organizations competing with, and what can they do about it? First answer: They aren’t competing with each other. They are competing with all of the other things consumers spend information-access dollars on. -
Banks do it. Airlines do it. Phone companies do it. Why shouldn’t news organizations do it, too? What they do is share users. And they do so because it’s convenient for their customers. -
It was a symbiotic relationship — mass-market advertising and local journalism. Now the two are heading for divorce. Is any reconciliation possible? -
News, especially at the local and hyperlocal levels, is in deep crisis. The public consumes news more voraciously than ever in the vibrant digital space. -
There is increasing momentum driving the idea that mainstream journalism should include the notion that it is not only OK but essential for reporters to report and even help convene community conversation around "solutions" to problems. -
Is covering climate change going to be ultimate test of the value of journalism? -
Are newspapers doomed if they confine themselves to the news? Steve Gray thinks so, and he has good reasons to say so. -
Proponents of projects broached at RJI's Pivot Point gathering in June now have an initial place to share ideas and action steps. -
Pivot Point Chicago: Why we gathered, what we did, and what should happen next.
Donald W. Reynolds