Convening with Care
The March Need to Know special edition spotlights Jesikah Maria Ross’s Care Collaboratory, a News Futures‑backed initiative that brings journalists, artists, designers and scholars together to embed care into civic storytelling. After a decade of coaching public‑media newsrooms, Ross argues that care‑centered convening can rebuild the frayed social fabric by fostering genuine community connection and trust. The series has already hosted five conversation sessions in 2024, featuring figures like Sam Ragland and Erik Fermín, and offers concrete tools for newsrooms. The article invites media leaders to adopt these practices to transform how they engage audiences.
A Data-Driven Approach to Subscriber Satisfaction
Newsday, a Long Island‑based multiplatform news outlet, has leveraged the American Press Institute’s Metrics for News (MFN) analytics tool since 2018 to turn data into subscriber growth. By tracking audience enthusiasm for niche beats, the paper launched new content initiatives,...
Building Trust Through Strategic Collaborations
Factchequeado, a nonprofit serving over 68 million U.S. Latinos, has become the nation’s largest collaborative effort against Spanish‑language disinformation. By realigning its partnership strategy in 2024, the organization saw a 60% year‑over‑year rise in social media traffic after teaming with a...
Capturing Transformative Impact in Action
The American Press Institute (API) released its 2025 Impact Report, showcasing case studies that illustrate how the organization’s “learning out loud” philosophy is being applied across the media sector. By inviting journalism leaders to share insights, API synthesizes these lessons...
Convene to Envision Shared Futures Through Art and Storytelling
AL.com teamed with the Birmingham Times to launch the Beyond the Violence series, which evolved into the Birmingham Dreams event. The free gathering, facilitated by poet laureate Salaam Green, blended poetry, music, and community storytelling in a historic theater. Attendees—including...
New Research to Learn From
Recent research highlights a growing "proximity paradox" in news consumption: 44% of surveyed voters say it’s harder to stay informed about their own communities than national affairs. In news deserts, residents turn to social media and other non‑journalistic sources, yet...
Coach Communities Ignored by Cultural Tourism to Tell Their Stories
Since 2017, StoryWorks has merged investigative reporting with community theater in Mississippi's Delta, culminating in the Delta Cultural Heritage Ambassadors Program. Backed by the Walton Family Foundation and Delta State University, the initiative trained 21 residents of Coahoma County in...