"It's also part of a greater investment the types of benefits it can offer to paid subscribers," Hardiman added, noting other subscriber-only benefits, like access to special events, and allowing subscribers to "gift" articles to friends.Īt least 18 new and existing newsletters will only be available to subscribers, beginning Aug.Why it matters: "It's very much in line with our long-term strategy of creating journalism worth paying for," said Alex Hardiman, head of product at the Times. In partnership with the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation, API will provide its new Inclusion Index service to a cohort consisting of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh City Paper, PublicSource and Pitt News.The New York Times is rolling out a slew of new, subscriber-only newsletters from news and opinion writers. Hillman Foundation and The Heinz Endowments. The funding will help underwrite API’s previously announced diversity initiative in the Pittsburgh area, which is also supported by the Henry L. The Pittsburgh Foundation has awarded the American Press Institute $50,000 to support training for local newsrooms to more accurately cover communities of color. Pittsburgh Foundation awards grant to API for newsroom training in covering communities of color In her most recent position as a managing editor at The Wyman Company, she led content and managed writers and freelancers for three quarterly association magazines.
Chapa is an award-winning journalist with more than nine years of editorial experience in both publishing and freelancing roles. She will also set editorial guidelines, style and standards, help execute audience research and manage the Need to Know newsletter. In this role, Chapa will work on developing an editorial strategy for all of API’s content and resources, including articles, newsletters, reports and videos.
The American Press Institute announced today that Lilly Chapa has joined our team as Editorial Manager.
News organizations that have ideas for ways to forge stronger community relationships through deep listening and engaged reporting may apply for these grants of $1,500 to $5,000 per newsroom through August 17.ĪPI welcomes Lilly Chapa as new editorial manager The grants will be awarded as part of API’s Election Coverage & Community Listening Fund, a program aimed at empowering news organizations to implement community listening in their elections coverage between now and November. The American Press Institute is launching a small grants initiative to help newsrooms improve and deepen their relationships with their communities in this year’s elections. (Green Bay Press Gazette)ĪPI launches Election Coverage & Community Listening Fund (Poynter)Ĭan the Green Bay Packers inspire a new model for local journalism? The Sentinel, a weekly publication in Aurora, Colorado, is looking to the NFL team’s public ownership model as an option to make the outlet financially viable. Some local journalists feel that these outlets, which rely heavily on aggregation, aren’t really helping to address the local news crisis. But media companies still see them as an attractive “minimally viable product.” (Vox)Ĭan local news be saved? National news organizations like Axios and City Cast are betting on a one-size-fits-all model of local news. What’s next? Newsletters are not “hot” the way they were in 2020, especially for solo writers. These are the stories that captured the most interest from Need to Know subscribers this week. The New York Times announced that its digital ad revenue had slipped, though earnings still beat analysts’ expectations. Gannett reported disappointing financial results and announced upcoming layoffs, while CNN has seen a major drop in ratings, with profits on pace to dip below $1 billion for the first time in six years. Other media outlets haven’t had such a good quarter. A new study from Pew Research found that 16% of journalists are in a union, and another 41% would join one if it was an option. journalists at Reuters went on strike Thursday, for the first time in decades, the same day that parent company Thomson Reuters reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit.