How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Local Newsrooms
Democracy NerdSeptember 21, 202300:04:53

How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Local Newsrooms

Are ratings and revenue the best ways to evaluate the effectiveness of local newsrooms? How are local newsrooms able to compete for clicks and eyeballs against an unlimited amount of online content.

Chris Fitzsimon, publisher of States Newsroom, a national consortium of local newsrooms, and Sarah Alvarez, editor-in-chief of Detroit-based Outlier Media discuss alternative options to measure the effectiveness of local newsrooms, including community involvement, a policy change, and other steps that local newsrooms allow for 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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