Discussion Papers,
Journalistic Practice,
Local News,
News Business & Practice,
Press Freedom,
Public Interest Journalism,
Publications,
October 4, 2020
Proposing a new framework for newspaper ownership and governance that leverages national capital markets and supports accountability and decision-making...
Discussion Papers,
Environment, Health & Science,
International Affairs,
Journalistic Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Politics & Government,
Press Freedom,
Public Interest Journalism,
Publications,
August 10, 2020
A new report from Shorenstein Center Fellow Ann Cooper describes the origins and evolution of independent media in Russia from the late Soviet era to...
May 1, 2020
This is a student-authored paper which was written under the mentorship of Harvard Kennedy School faculty members. It has not undergone formal review and...
March 25, 2020
Heidi Legg is a long-time journalist who founded a digital local news startup, TheEditorial.com, before joining the Shorenstein Center as Director of Special...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Discussion Papers,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Public Interest Journalism,
Publications,
March 11, 2020
In today’s media saturated culture, storytelling itself has become the story. It’s a Choose Your Own Adventure moment, and the stories we choose - and...
December 9, 2019
Below are five lessons from MoJo’s experiences that other nonprofit investigative newsrooms can adapt and use.
One: Treat your audience like your...
Discussion Papers,
Journalistic Practice,
Local News,
Media Business,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Publications,
December 9, 2019
Creating a Thriving Legacy News Magazine through Mission, Strategy, and Experimentation
Case Study co-published by the Shorenstein Center on Media,...
December 4, 2019
The Public Media Merger project is taking an in-depth look at the public media/digital newsroom mergers across the country in the last decade, to understand...
December 3, 2019
The Commons is a prototype of an imagined news outlet covering U.S. politics. It is the product of an eight-week discussion workshop this fall at...
August 13, 2019
The past half-decade has seen a digital subscription renaissance in the news publishing industry. Our research suggests publishers should invest in capabilities...
July 3, 2019
Local journalism is in crisis, off and online. Years of downsizing in the face of digital disruption have weakened regional and local news organizations....
June 3, 2019
The decline of the legacy media started long before the Internet, but the Internet exposed a business model that relied too heavily on the wrong customers....