As part of RJI’s Inclusive Media and Economies Project, RJI, the Multicultural Media and Correspondents Association and Dynasty Consulting are teaming up to help publishers of color tap into community development, revitalization and reinvestment funds, and then use those investments to test new revenue strategies and build more sustainable business models. more

A Muskogee County judge denied public access for a second day to a preliminary hearing for a man who faces six first-degree murder charges filed in connection with the deaths of his brother and five children. more

A poll, survey or other dataset may look like an example of objective truth. But human choices shape the creation of a data product — and its interpretation. So how can journalists fairly report on this data? more

The existing newsletters going subscriber-only include On Politics, Well, Watching, Parenting, Smarter Living, At Home and Away, On Tech With Shira Ovide, On Soccer with Rory Smith, and those from columnists Jamelle Bouie, Paul Krugman, and Frank Bruni. more

Poland’s right-wing coalition government won a narrow victory in Parliament on Wednesday when legislators passed a contentious media bill that could lead to an American-owned television station losing its license. more

Over the past 20 years, independent media has proliferated in Afghanistan, producing national outlets as well as top-flight Afghan journalists who do the lion’s share of the reporting for international news organizations, which have shrunk their bureaus as the American presence has diminished. But unless the U.S. government intervenes to bring them to safety, an entire generation of reporters will be lost. more

As the creator services arms race intensifies across digital media, Medium is hoping to stand out by sharing more of its spoils with a smaller, more motivated collection of authors. On Wednesday, the digital publishing platform is expected to announce a number of changes to the Medium Partner Program, the system that compensates Medium writers. more

In many places, it started with a cut in print days. Furloughs. Just to get through the crisis, newsroom leaders told readers. In some places, none of it was enough. Now, small newsrooms around the country, often more than 100 years old, often the only news source in those places, are closing under the weight of the coronavirus.  more

The information ecosystem is increasingly difficult to navigate. Local news organizations have shrunk or shut down and misinformation networks fill the void. Tech platforms dominate the attention economy with algorithms that surreptitiously shape the way users interact with the news. Information is ubiquitous but difficult to parse. more

An Oklahoma newspaper on Tuesday challenged a judge’s decision to ban the public from a hearing in the case of a Muskogee man accused of killing six people, including five children. more

Maryland hotel executive Stewart Bainum Jr.’s stalled plan for a nonprofit news launch in Baltimore is moving forward again. Six postings on the Jooble site seek various mid-level executives to plan a multimedia and comprehensive news startup for the city. more

New York Times Co. technology employees plan to walk off the job Wednesday over what they say are the newspaper publisher’s illegal efforts to stymie their unionization campaign. more

In September, NTVB will introduce a weekly, digital publication that newspapers of all sizes and frequencies can make available to their readers at no cost. What to Watch — which bears the same name as the daily paginated pages many papers like the Star-Advertiser are running — will offer daily guidance on the top shows, movies, documentaries and sporting events that are available on cable, satellite and streaming services. more

O’Rourke Media Group, which operates community-focused media publications nationwide, and Modulist, a media services company that specializes in processing user-generated content, have entered into a strategic partnership that involves multiple publications in multiple states. O’Rourke Media CEO Jim O'Rourke and Modulist President Devlyn Brooks jointly announced that Modulist will be handling the processing of obits and milestones for O’Rourke Media’s various digital and print publications that span from the East to the West Coasts, and several states in between. more

Publishers and sales executives are seeking revenue solutions that commit advertisers to products that work. Newspapers remain the best curators of information and Advantage Newspaper Consultants recently put its knowledge of how to connect revenue and content to work for EO Media Group. more

Every year Apple and Google announce their iOS and Android platform updates to the anticipation of software developers worldwide.  So what platform updates will impact you as publishers and when? How do these changes impact your newspaper mobile apps and digital editions as products?  In turn, how do these potential product changes impact your audiences and their behavior? Pugpig has got you covered.  more

Recent reporting indicates that over three in five consumers are planning barbecues and gatherings this Labor Day, with one in four planing to spend more on Labor Day celebrations than they have in previous years. As American and Canadian consumers get set to celebrate on Sept. 6, help local businesses promote the products, services and sales they’re looking for with layouts and images from your MCC Creative Library.  more

Everbridge, Inc., the global leader in critical event management, and The Associated Press have announced a collaboration that will incorporate AP’s global news report into the Everbridge Critical Event Management platform. The collaboration will provide Everbridge customers with AP’s deep subject-matter expertise and extensive contextualization of risk data from critical events happening across the globe. more

Pulse Research and Metro Creative Graphics have announced a new partnership that will offer a field-proven way to successfully close more sales presentations. The results of this new partnership are already generating excitement in test markets: An ad rep recently shared that she is achieving up to “90% closing ratios” when using the Pulse-Metro combination. more

A U.S. judicial panel on Tuesday said that Texas' antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google would be moved to the Southern District of New York, where other similar cases would also be heard. more