The Washington Post cut hundreds of jobs on February 4, 2026, about one third of staff. Entire coverage areas were slashed including sports, books and staff photographers. I grew up not far from D.C., so I’m not at all surprised to see its local newsrooms standing up for the city and their communities. In this…
2024 is a presidential election year, so newsrooms around the country are using starting to publish Voter Guides. In recent years, voter guides have become a pretty common feature of news websites. However, perhaps I’m a little early, because I found about as many guides from past elections as I did for 2024. The samples…
There’s no shame in celebrating success! Each year a newsroom stays in business is a huge win. Too many publications close each year, while others teeter closer to the brink. Celebrating your newsroom’s birthday is a great reason to reinforce your commitment to your community. It’s also a great reason for a fundraising campaign or…
A publisher’s newsletter signup page benefits two different types of readers: Tips for getting useful insights from these newsletter signup page examples Each landing page in this roundup is from February-March 2023. The goal here was some variety, so publishers could see what other publishers are doing on their signup pages. I’ve added comments to…
It’s that time of year again! Year-end lists and predictions! Well, I don’t do predictions. Predictions don’t age well. And for every Nostradamus-like perfect prediction, the same person usually has a dozen embarrassing ones (about micropayments). There’s another reason. 9 times out of 10, a person’s “prediction” aligns perfectly with what they are trying to…
If you’ve worked in a nonprofit newsroom, you’re no stranger to NewsMatch. If you aren’t familiar, NewsMatch is a collaborative fundraising program that has raised $223M for nonprofit journalism organizations since 2016. Even more amazing is that $192M of that total came from individual donors. For this roundup, I’ve shared a selection of NewsMatch email…