Journalism awards for jobs done
Can we be more intentional about what we praise? Can we reflect more on the service provided than the format? How was this piece of reporting useful? How many breaking news awards do we really need?
Patrick Boehler
Experimenting with Polis for Community Conversations
Has anyone / would anyone be interested in implementing Polis for community conversations?
'Lifetime civic value' as a media impact metric
A proposal for non-profit newsrooms to measure impact through audience civic engagement, tracking actions that contribute to public good.
Re:filtered #3: From Volume to ‘Lifetime Civic Value’
In this edition: Suggesting a new metric to capture the social impact of a news organization, focusing on their contributions to public good and community progress.
Re:filtered #2: Beyond Extinction
In this edition: what good restaurants and media organizations have in common, public media LLMs, and great reads on the state of the internet.
Resilient Media Project
The Resilient Media Project aims to support exiled and underground media organizations by promoting the adoption of robust digital publishing strategies.
Re:filtered #1: A place for legacy media amid, and after, the news apocalypse
In this edition: lessons from media management, and great reads on the state of the internet.
Documenting Kazakhstan’s Internet Throttling Tactics
Five months ago, we received conflicting reports that RFE’s Kazakh newsroom’s websites were not accessible in the country. The government and internet service providers did not make any information available on what was happening.
In collaboration with the great minds at OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference) and
My ten lessons in media leadership at RFE/RL
Driving innovation for legacy media means taking strategy seriously, creating space for audience ambassadors, and building shared aspirations
From Parachute to Community Journalism: Investing in Civic Health
The Agora Journalism Center, since its inception nearly a decade ago, has been at the forefront of a significant shift in journalism — a move towards “engaged journalism.” The concept of “community-centered journalism” emerged from the need to redefine the term “engagement,” which had begun to diverge in meaning within the