Academics & Research

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Seeking Sustainability

How do nonprofit local and regional news organizations create ways to survive and thrive in today’s challenging news landscape? That question brought together 12 nonprofit news organizations and funders, academics and researchers for an unprecedented meeting convened by the Knight Foundation.

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Academic Research

Can Nonprofits Save Journalism? Legal Constraints and Opportunities (PDF)
This paper by Marion R. Fremont-Smith investigates the current economic situation of the newspaper industry and addresses how it warrants reconsideration.

The Growing Importance of Nonprofit Journalism (PDF)
At the start of a tumultuous new century, with the public's need for credible, unvarnished information as vital as ever, the news-gathering business, in all its commercial media forms, is undergoing an historic transformation, find out how nonprofits are becoming a part of this transformation.

Teaching Tips

Blog post by Jeff Jarvis: How do we teach the conversation?

Journalist's Resource
A teacher resource that provides access to scholarly reports and papers on a wide range of topics.

Syllabus Exchange by NewsU
The Syllabus Exchange gives educators a way to enhance their curriculum by sharing ideas and teaching materials.

LARGEMOUTH: A Citizen Journalism Syllabus
Check out this syllabus from the Largemouth Citizen Journalism workshop, a six-week citizen journalism training program.

Foundation Research

J-Lab: Meet the New Media Makers (Toolkit)
This learning module is filled with original reporting that will help you learn about the innovative community news initiatives that are cropping up around the United States.

Digital Transitions: Nonprofit Investigative Journalism (PDF)
A report from the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C. with a mission of producing original investigative journalism that makes institutional power more transparent and accountable.