In the News

A Changing Journalism Industry

Seattle Times: With national platform, smaller publishers can seek tax-deductible donations By Dean Miller

HuffPo: The pandemic is crushing the journalism industry. The government could save it By Travis Waldron

Medium: “A diverse local news ecosystem is emerging, and it doesn’t need ‘scale’ or venture capital” by Matt DeRienzo

Poynter: “Journalism companies are dead. Long live journalists” by Matt DeRienzo

Nieman Lab: 2020 prediction: Local broadcasters begin to fill the gaps left by newspapers By Matt DeRienzo

Poynter: “Six questions about local independent news with LION’s Matt DeRienzo” by Kristen Hare

Investigative and Enterprise Journalism

Poynter: How Hearst Connecticut uncovered sex abuse at Boys & Girls Clubs across the country By Kristen Hare

Connecticut Post: Hearst CT wins national IRE award for Boys & Girls Club sex abuse investigation

New Haven Register: Hearst CT wins New England FOI award for Boys & Girls Club sex abuse investigation

Inside Thunderdome: “Sandy Hook coverage shows scope of Digital First teamwork” By Steve Buttry

Digital Man: “Investing in investigative” By Jim Brady

CNBC: “Rape case unfolds on Twitter and divides a town” By Mary Noonan

Columbia Journalism Review: “The trouble with Torrington: A small-town paper calls out minors who bully a rape victim online. Is that fair game?” By Mariah Blake

Poynter: “Why asking and answering readers’ tough questions is helpful when covering rape” By Mallory Tenore

Inside Thunderdome: “Register Citizen wins public service award for coverage, commentary on rape/bullying case” By Steve Buttry

The Buttry Diary: “Sunshine Week project showed digital-first enterprise approach” By Steve Buttry

Reader Engagement Experiments in Connecticut

Middletown Press: New position will spread local journalism to classrooms, communities By Matt DeRienzo

New York Times: “Walk in, grab a muffin and watch a newspaper reinvent itself” By Peter Applebome

The Register Citizen: “What the Newsroom Cafe has taught us about improving local journalism” By Matt DeRienzo

Journalism.co.uk: “How a newsroom cafe helped boost digital ad revenue at The Register Citizen” By Rachel McAthy

American Journalism Review: “Wooing them with coffee: A newspaper tries to get closer to its audience with a news cafe” By Romy Zipken

Reynolds Journalism Institute: “Inside the engagement experiments at The Register Citizen” By Joy Mayer

Columbia Journalism Review: “A fact check box on every page” By Craig Silverman

Knight Digital Media Center: “Journalism and curation: A small-town news organization leads the way” By Michelle McLellan

Digital Transformation in the Newsroom

Nieman Lab: “Newsrooms need HR specialists, not just technologists, in top leadership” By Matt DeRienzo

The Buttry Diary: “Happy trails to Matt DeRienzo, a true digital first leader” By Steve Buttry

Nieman Lab: “In a rush to maintain profits, newspapers are abandoning the art of customer service” By Matt DeRienzo

Huffington Post: “The view from New Haven: What went wrong with Digital First” By Dan Kennedy

Poynter: “How many top newspaper editors are from digital backgrounds? Still darn few” By Rick Edmonds

Knight Digital Media Center: “When digital innovation is paramount, what does a publisher need from the newsroom?” By Michelle McLellan

NetNewsCheck: “At Digital First, what ‘unbolting’ really means” By Michael Depp