How to Evaluate Effectiveness of Local Newsrooms w/ Chris Fitzsimon & Sarah Alvarez
Democracy NerdSeptember 21, 202300:43:09

How to Evaluate Effectiveness of Local Newsrooms w/ Chris Fitzsimon & Sarah Alvarez

Are ratings and revenues the best way to determine the effectiveness of local newsrooms? How are local newsrooms able to compete for eyeballs and clicks when there are overwhelming options of how potential readers and viewers can spend their time online.

Chris Fitzsimon, publisher of States Newsroom, a consortium of local newsrooms, and Sarah Alvarez, editor-in-chief of Detroit-based Outlier Media, discuss alternative methods to gauge how local newsrooms have an impact, including community involvement, policy change, and other ways to demand accountability.

Watch the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2aR_NaQ1N8

Outlier Media: https://outliermedia.org/
States Newsroom: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/

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