Surviving Google Zero: Insights from dissident media
Some newsrooms have been navigating the realities of Google Zero for a long time: exiled media organizations. There's a lot that can be learned from them.
Patrick Boehler
Central & Eastern Europe Media Conversations
A few friends and I are launching a series of conversations on newsroom leadership in Central and Eastern Europe.
Re:filtered #4: Journalism Awards for Jobs Done
This month's note is about incentives that steer trends within the media industry.
Central and Eastern Europe Media Leadership Survey Results
The media landscape in Central and Eastern Europe is currently facing a "perfect storm" of challenges, including illiberal regimes, media capture, market failures, and disruptions from big tech, which are destabilizing an already fragile ecosystem.
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?
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 the civic actions their work enables, not through reach.
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.