News Take Episode 110: Update on News Deserts and Local News Trends with Penny Muse Abernathy and Tim Franklin
Release Date: 10/11/2022
News Take: Free Press Focus: How Do We Ensure Protections for the Press After Shocking Police Raid?
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Guests: Eric Meyer, Publisher, Marion County Record and Gabe Rottman, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) In August 2023, the Marion County Record, a small local newspaper in Marion, Kansas, drew national headlines when it was the target of a police raid that has been harshly criticized as an attack on the free press. In the raid, Marion County police, without just cause, seized newsroom equipment and documents from the newspaper’s office and the homes of Publisher Eric Meyer and his mother, Co-Owner Joan Meyer. In this episode of News Take: Free Press Focus, a subseries...
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News Take: Free Press Focus - Episode 1: Preventing Another Capital Gazette Shooting: Why We Need The Journalist Protection Act
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Guests: Paul Gillespie, Capital Gazette and Dan Shelley, RTDNA In this first episode of News Take: Free Press Focus, a subseries of the News Take podcast, we hear from RTDNA CEO Dan Shelley and Capital Gazette Photojournalist Paul Gillespie about the dangers that journalists face on the job and what can be done to combat the threat of violence. Gillespie is one of six survivors of the 2018 shooting at the Capital Gazette in Maryland and speaks on his experience and the importance of shielding journalists from harm. Dan Shelley speaks to RTDNA’s major priority in passing the Journalist...
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News Take Episode 204: Navigating the Digital Media Transition: Lessons from the Music Industry
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Guest: Cherie Hu, Founder, Water & Music How is the way the music industry and musicians are compensated similar to and different from the way publishers are compensated? What lessons has the music industry learned to help them better protect against unauthorized use of their content? How could web3/blockchain play a role in compensation models for the music and publishing industries? What are the potential roles AI could play in music creation and/or distribution? In this episode of News Take, Cherie Hu, founder of music collaboration and research firm , joins News Take host Rebecca...
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News Take Episode 203: Pioneering Innovation at Legacy Magazine and News Media Brands
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Guest: Lisa Hughes, Publisher, The Philadelphia Inquirer How can magazines and newspapers innovate to attract and keep subscribers in an increasingly competitive landscape? What must news and magazine publishers do to continue to keep their readers engaged over the long-term? In this episode of News Take, Lisa Hughes, the first female Publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer, joins News/Media Alliance VP, Research & Insights, Rebecca Frank, for an insightful conversation about the evolution of magazine and newspaper media during a time of rapid change, and how she's led with innovation at...
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News Take Episode 202: How the American Press Institute is Inspiring Cultural Transformation in News Media
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Guests: Samantha Ragland and Elite Truong, American Press Institute What is cultural transformation, and how do publishers know if they're doing it right? How can publishers cultivate real and lasting cultural change in newsrooms? How does cultural transformation in the newsroom translate to the content produced and thereby the relationships newsrooms have with members of their communities? In this episode of News Take, News/Media Alliance VP, Research & Insights, Rebecca Frank sits down with Samantha Ragland, Vice President of Journalism Programs and Elite Truong, Vice President of...
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News Take Episode 201: News Nutrition Labels: How NewsGuard is Helping Fight Misinformation Online
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Guest: Gordon Crovitz, NewsGuard What are the dangers of an open Web where anyone can be a publisher? How do misinformation sites harm reputable news publishers? How are current economic and geopolitical conditions impacting the online information ecosystem? What is a News Nutrition Label and, if consumers can't tell the difference, how are publishers of quality journalism distinguished from misinformation, hoax and pink slime news sites? How has programmatic advertising contributed to the misinformation crisis and how can advertisers ensure site integrity when buying ad space? In this...
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News Take Episode 112: Lessons in Practicality from The Daily Memphian: "A Lot of People Don't Know We're a Nonprofit"
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Guest: Eric Barnes, The Daily Memphian What are some of the things to consider when starting a local newspaper? How can you be nonprofit and still operate like a for-profit newspaper? How did you attract subscribers in a competitive market? What went better than you expected and what didn't go as well? What have you learned about finding the best revenue mix? What should someone thinking about starting a local newspaper know before they get started? In this episode of News Take, News/Media Alliance President & CEO David Chavern talks with Eric Barnes, CEO of The Daily Memphian, a nonprofit...
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News Take Episode 111: Outsmarting Google and Facebook: Helping Publishers Grow Their Audience Outside the Dominant Platforms
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Guest: Rand Fishkin, SparkToro What can publishers do to get out from under the dominant tech platforms that control the digital advertising space? How have other industries pushed back on Google's scraping of their data and coming between them and their audience? How can publishers take back control of our audience data so that we're not having to go through Google, Facebook and the other tech platforms to reach our own audience? In this episode of News Take, News/Media Alliance President & CEO David Chavern is joined by Rand Fishkin, cofounder and CEO of audience research software firm...
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News Take Episode 110: Update on News Deserts and Local News Trends with Penny Muse Abernathy and Tim Franklin
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Guests: Penny Muse Abernathy and Tim Franklin, the Medill Journalism School Local News Initiative at Northwestern University What is the state of local news today? What's changed, where are there still concerns? What makes a community vulnerable to becoming a news desert? What does the future hold for the print newspaper? What are the most powerful opportunities for policy to help local news grow and thrive? What are some examples of positive outcomes and how can other news publishers emulate their success? News/Media Alliance President & CEO David Chavern talks with the authors of now...
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News Take Episode 109: The State of Local Advertising and News
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Guests: Gordon Borrell, Borrell Associates In an environment with ever-increasing advertising options, what do local advertisers want today? As everything becomes more digital, what changes are happening across media, and what are the opportunities for local news publishers to stand out? What do marketers uniquely value about local news media and how can publishers capitalize on that? News/Media Alliance President & CEO David Chavern dives into these questions and more in this episode of News Take with Gordon Borrell, founder of advertising tracking firm, Borrell Associates. In this...
info_outlineGuests: Penny Muse Abernathy and Tim Franklin, the Medill Journalism School Local News Initiative at Northwestern University
What is the state of local news today? What's changed, where are there still concerns? What makes a community vulnerable to becoming a news desert? What does the future hold for the print newspaper? What are the most powerful opportunities for policy to help local news grow and thrive? What are some examples of positive outcomes and how can other news publishers emulate their success?
News/Media Alliance President & CEO David Chavern talks with the authors of now well-known research throughout the industry on the phenomenon known as news deserts, Penny Muse Abernathy and Tim Franklin of the Medill School of Journalism's Local News Initiative at Northwestern University. In this thought-provoking conversation, Abernathy and Franklin share the findings from their latest update to The State of Local News report, released this summer. The previous edition of report by Abernathy, released by University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media in 2020, revealed startling trends on the prevalence of news deserts, finding one-quarter of U.S. newspapers have closed since 2005. But there are reasons to be optimistic, and Abernathy and Franklin provide their thoughts on how the trend could yet be reversed. The two journalists-turned-academicians discuss innovations in digital publishing, as well as the introduction of non-advertising focused revenue models, including subscriptions and membership models, nonprofit organization structures, and other revenue models, that they say could offer a path for publishers who are living in areas that are vulnerable to becoming a news desert, as well as those who want to start a newspaper in a news desert.