Better News

Better News: Building strong community partnerships

Ryan Lillis and Liv Monahan talk about how The Sacramento Bee is building community partnerships and giving a voice to the underserved.

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Better News: How to use events to grow a diverse audience

Cierra Hinton talks about how Scalawag, a nonprofit media organization, is using events to diversify its audience and grow membership.

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Better News: How to win grants to fund journalism

Jane Elizabeth of The News and Observer and The Herald-Sun in North Carolina explains how to win grants to fund journalism projects.

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Better News: How To Forge New Audiences Of Color

C.J. Benjamin of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle discusses how to develop a strategy to better engage a younger and more diverse audience.

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Better News: Is it time to rethink your arts coverage?

KCUR.org, the website for Kansas City’s public media station, made a concerted effort from 2014-18 to expand its arts coverage. It even had two-full-time reporters on the arts beat. When one of these reporters switched to another beat, freelancers filled in to make up the gap. Despite all of these efforts, web traffic suggested KCUR…

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Better News: Iconic southern newspaper undergoes digital-first transformation

The News Reporter of Whiteville, North Carolina is one of those iconic southern newspapers. Founded in 1896, the paper has a long history of serving rural Columbus County, including winning a Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service for its coverage of the Ku Klux Klan in 1953. Les High is the third-generation owner of The…

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