May 2020
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** 4 Ways to Fund — and Save — Local Journalism ([link removed])
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Covid-19 is threatening to extinguish local media — and fueling bold proposals to fund its long-term future. Read the story ([link removed]) .
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Søren Kierkegaard is enjoying something of a surge in popularity, thanks in part to a new biography ([link removed]) and in part to the peculiar suitability of his ideas to our quarantined times. “The more you limit yourself, the more resourceful you become” is one of the Danish thinker’s maxims that has taken on fresh relevance.
Newsrooms are nothing if not limited these days—by longstanding financial and more recent political challenges that have been exacerbated by the coronavirus. But even as the pandemic has forced furloughs, layoffs, and closures, the industry is creatively exploring new funding models that could lead to a more sustainable future, especially at the local level. We explore four of them ([link removed]) : monetization, philanthropy, taxing tech platforms, and public funding.
The pandemic is prompting creativity in coverage, too. Limited to virtual events and Zoom fundraisers, campaign reporters are augmenting stories about who is running for office with stories about how the elections themselves are run. Our story on the current state of election coverage ([link removed]) shows how Covid-19 is improving reporting on crucial ballot access issues.
After the virus put a stop to in-person interviews for Mary Louise Schumacher’s “This is Milwaukee ([link removed]) ” project, an effort to explore and document questions around citizenship and democracy, she and her partner started convening locals online, resulting in unexpected journalistic and community benefits ([link removed]) —and providing a powerful example of creative ways to address the limits of pandemic reporting.
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** Without a Campaign to Cover, Reporters Shift to Covering the Voting Process Itself ([link removed])
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While Covid-19 has derailed the 2020 presidential campaign, it may actually improve coverage of it by shifting focus to a crucial issue — access to the ballot.
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** Deep Listening Project Helps Milwaukee Reflect on Democracy ([link removed])
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Cutting through the noise, “This is Milwaukee” explores citizenship and community representation.
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** Australian Media’s Fight for Press Freedom Should Be a Lesson to Journalists Worldwide ([link removed])
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Even in a liberal democracy like Australia’s, media freedom is easy to lose — and can be hard to get back.
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A poet’s distanced farewell to his students is an anthem for the times ([link removed])
He wanted to leave his students with “something more substantial than goodbye.” We share his farewell with our best wishes to all who are graduating in these uncertain times.
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Cleveland is where the American newspaper union was born, and it’s the latest place where it’s been beaten ([link removed])
Owners of The Plain Dealer have been bleeding the newspaper's (unionized) newsroom in favor of its (non-union) website for nearly a decade. While organizers have made major gains in new newsrooms, it’s a stinging defeat on labor’s home turf.
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