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Editor & Publisher: No one-size-fits-all: New study offers real ad solutions for tiny newsrooms
The authors of an in-depth study hope their research spawns more conversations and solutions for pocket-sized publishers nationwide.
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Personalized News Communication and Media Trust in the Modern Era
I was recently quoted in Dr. Kirsten Johnson and Dr. Burton St. John III's newly published book, Personalized News Communication and Media Trust in the Modern Era.
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TNC: Measuring Impact at UNC's Local Journalism Researchers Workshop
Alongside Nora Hertel of Project Optimist, I had the opportunity to present on the Newsroom Impact Measurement panel, sharing Tiny News Collective's early learnings from piloting our data and metrics program.
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TNC: What we learned about the advertising needs of small publishers
In collaboration with Rebuild Local News, Tiny News Collective examined the practices indie news publishers use to build advertising revenue. đThis post was originally published on Tiny News Collective's website on Jan. 23, 2025. Small publishers can earn revenue from advertising sales in ways that reflect their community
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Art + Politics Community Conversation â Nov 6, 2024
Join us for a day of open office hours and community conversation focused on the intersection of art, politics, and journalism. From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, we invite you to drop in, work, and connect with others in a relaxed environment. The highlight of the day will
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OpenNews: Product manager diary: What I learned taking an intro course in web development
Spending a month building coding skills gave me the languageâand confidenceâfor better communication across teams âThis post was originally published on OpenNews' SOURCE blog on September 3, 2024. A few months ago, I wrote in SOURCE about learning to work with development teams and software vendors as
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SRCCON 2024: Early Career Panel: Where do we go from here?
Rahul Mukherjee and I hosted an early career panel at SRCCON 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We had four amazing panelists, Lena Han, Emily Hood, Joe Rull, and Aditi Mukund, who shared with us their experiences entering and starting career paths in journalism product, technology, and design roles. We talked about
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TNC: What we are learning from studying key metrics for tiny newsrooms
Tiny News Collective aims to build a metrics dashboard for members to help them track what matters most âThis post was originally published on Tiny News Collective's blog on July 22, 2024. By Madison Karas and Pilar de Haro The explosive growth in small, independent news organizations is
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OpenNews: Product manager diary: Learning to work with vendors and development teams outside of your organization
How do you balance clear communication, changing needs, decisions that predate youâin the midst of a million support tickets? âThis post was originally published on OpenNews' SOURCE blog on Sept. 19, 2023. By Madison Karas This year has been my first as a product manager in a newsroom,
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Resolve Philly: A tipsheet on interviewing private citizens, video reflections from Broke in Philly reporters, and takeaways from Resolveâs first fellow
âThis post was originally published on Resolve Philly's Medium on Sep. 6, 2022. By Madison Karas, 2022 Resolve Philly Fellow A year ago, I started with a blank slate as Resolve Phillyâs inaugural fellow. To kick off the year-long, part-time fellowship program, I chose a
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Resolve Philly: Can student journalists and local media collaborations work together? Hereâs what we learned
âThis post was originally published on Resolve Philly's Medium on Aug. 17, 2021. By Amelia Winger, Madison Karas and Eugene Sonn Collaborative reporting doesnât always feel instinctive. Especially in a university environment where the student media organizations are isolated in different buildings across campus with little history