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PDF Innovation Policies in the European News Media Industry: A Comparative Study Hans van Kranenburg (eds.) digsell https://lnkd.in/eT92BmSf This book explores the importance and the types of media innovation policies formulated and implemented in various European countries. Each country analysis illustrates the evolution and structure of news media markets and media cross-ownership policies in recent years and evaluates how innovation policies stimulate innovative activities in journalism and news media. The main objective of this book is to promote discussion on how innovation policies can help the news media industry to meet development needs and requirements in the future. It will help scholars, politicians and practitioners in the media industry to identify best practices to support innovation in a … Read More » https://lnkd.in/eXp_NKCG

Interesting research about #localjournalism in regional and rural Australia busting or at least challenging some #myths fueled to a degree by #digitalfirst agendas, which "can cloud discussions around the targeted and systemic solutions needed to secure local news futures". #printisnotdead #mediasustainability #localnews #audiences

In the first week of my journalism class for final year undergrad students this semester, I brought physical newspapers for students. We read them, we chatted about what that felt like, and what the physicality of the newspapers bring to the experience. I asked them to imagine living in a time when newspapers were everywhere around you. And to imagine living in a time without any newspapers at all. And it was interesting that the conversation led to an important part of journalism that people often forget: community building. Through stories. Through good journalism. Journalism is not just about content - it's also about craft and community. Stories bind us but also stories can break us apart. Newspapers give us a sense of what stories we are a part of today, this week, this year. It's not perfect and it means a small group of people (who are often not reflective enough to understand their own biases) get to decide what's important, but now it seems we have many many more people, some in traditional journalism while others are in new media, who are also often not reflective enough about their own biases, fighting for attention.

We've launched a new project to help independent media convert their public value into financial value. The first step is mapping the sector with the Journalism Value Survey. In this article, our survey partner Netzwerk Recherche explains the background and purpose of this survey, and what we plan to do with the results. Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/eXCGcER4

🙅♀️ MORE THAN 1/3 OF READERS TEND TO AVOID NEWS     This is the finding of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Digital News Report 2023, conducted on more than 90,000 readers in 46 countries. You may be one of these too.     📰 News avoidance refers to the phenomenon whereby audiences reduce their consumption of journalistic media over a continuous period of time. Contrary to popular belief, this phenomenon does not only manifest itself in a reader actively avoiding all news and news sources (intentional avoidance of news). A person can also be considered to avoid news when they only consume media that they prefer, usually of a non-journalistic nature, such as content on social media, entertainment programs, films, etc. This phenomenon is called unintentional avoidance of news.     Faced with this worrying trend, news organizations are taking many measures to retain readers, focusing on "slower" and deeper forms of journalism, diversifying the news agenda, and producing more positive stories. In the long term, newspapers need to understand readers’ needs as well as build strategies to reposition the brand and optimize operations to serve readers even better. Reader data plays a central role in this process.     Follow the IPS to continue learning about the importance of reader data to news organizations. Learn more about the causes, impacts, and solutions that news agencies have taken to reverse the news avoidance trend in the infographic below 👇    #IPS #pressindustry #newsavoidance 

Trust Project: A User-Empowerment Approach to Navigating the News 📰 🔍 In an era flooded with information, the Trust Project offers clear markers to identify trustworthy #journalism. Instead of telling you what to think, these Trust Indicators show you a path to make your own decisions. 📚 Learn more about how to make informed choices about news with The Trust Project, written by Sally Lehrman, The Trust Project: https://ow.ly/iwAG50QBEb5

Finally catching up with Nieman Journalism Lab predictions for 2024 after a wonderful winter break. Favourite one so far is from Jeremy Gilbert, about the need for publishers to serve younger audiences better and more creatively: ❝Younger audiences have not been shy about telling news publishers what they want. The challenge is for news publishers to accept that the next generation has a different style of gathering information 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴. [...] 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 to meet the needs of young people today, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.❞ https://lnkd.in/duAQnk3x

Journalism today and in the future needs to serve the needs of the community. That starts by listening to the community, then giving people the information they want and need to strengthen their community. "Let us remember that news deserts are not the only reason people lack reliable sources of information. The big, uncomfortable reason many people are uninformed — or, worse, misinformed — is because they are turning away from the news. Consumer behavior has changed, and the news media industry must change with it. Do people want another story about a shooting or car crash? Or do they want to know 'why' there has been an uptick in shootings or what is being done to address a local intersection prone to collisions? Communities need journalism that goes beyond identifying partisan divisions on an issue to reveal who is working to resolve the issue." #solutions #journalism #localnews #community #news

Trust Project: A User-Empowerment Approach to Navigating the News 📰 🔍 In an era flooded with information, the Trust Project offers clear markers to identify trustworthy #journalism. Instead of telling you what to think, these Trust Indicators show you a path to make your own decisions. 📚 Learn more about how to make informed choices about news with The Trust Project, written by Sally Lehrman, The Trust Project: https://ow.ly/iwAG50QBEb5

What with all the attention lately driving more support into local journalism, who better to comment on the state of local news than Ken Doctor. Excerpt: "If you believe that readers and businesses needing customers need local news, then figuring out how to provide it doesn’t just serve a mission need, it powers new business." https://lnkd.in/g-EGq7Mz