Ideas and references
A few frameworks, some inspiration, and one wonderful community of practice as you continue to navigate your way through this changing landscape of news and civic information.
Is your journalism a luxury or a necessity?
What are the three essential functions of news?
Wondering how to focus your work? A harm matrix might be helpful.
Outlier Media's Profits and Losses project, and a Neiman Lab write up about why phone banks are, in this case, a news product.
Investigative reporting powered by TXT Outlier: The Speculators of Detroit
If you're losing faith in news, watching the Detroit Documenters do their work will inspire you.
Join the News Futures community of practice, now more than 800 signatories strong, to push the field forward.