Audience and Community Engagement

Reporter’s notebook from the 2026 Local News Summit Link toReporter’s notebook from the 2026 Local News Summit

In a crisis, “people don’t look for perfect information, they look for actionable information.” That is, they don’t just want…

Reporter's notebook from the 2026 Local News Summit by Richard J. Tofel

Mastering qualitative audience insights with Ariel Zirulnick Link toMastering qualitative audience insights with Ariel Zirulnick

Understanding your audience is essential to creating content and editorial products that truly resonate. Audience and Product Strategist Ariel Zirulnick…

How research and support can build up creator-model journalism Link toHow research and support can build up creator-model journalism

This resource is part of the Creator Journalism Trust and Credibility Toolkit from the Knight Communities Network, Project C, and Trusting News, which…

How creator journalists can assess — and disclose — their funding  Link toHow creator journalists can assess — and disclose — their funding 

This resource is part of the Creator Journalism Trust and Credibility Toolkit from the Knight Communities Network, Project C, and Trusting News, which…

Building safer, smarter audience engagement tools: Takeaways from the News Product Alliance Summit Link toBuilding safer, smarter audience engagement tools: Takeaways from the News Product Alliance Summit

For as long as I’ve worked in audience development, page views, likes, follows, shares, engaged time, and signups have been…

Why creator journalists and funders need to go all in on transparency Link toWhy creator journalists and funders need to go all in on transparency

This resource is part of the Creator Journalism Trust and Credibility Toolkit from the Knight Communities Network, Project C, and Trusting News, which…

Why philanthropy should back creator-model journalism Link toWhy philanthropy should back creator-model journalism

This resource is part of the Creator Journalism Trust and Credibility Toolkit from the Knight Communities Network, Project C, and Trusting News, which…

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Lenfest Institute to invest $1 million in partnerships between content creators and local newsrooms Link toLenfest Institute to invest $1 million in partnerships between content creators and local newsrooms

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is today announcing $1 million in new investments to support partnerships between content creators and…

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Lenfest News Creator Collaborative grant guidelines Link toLenfest News Creator Collaborative grant guidelines

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is pleased to launch the Lenfest Creator Collaborative Program, designed to help local news organizations…

Audience Community: Operationalizing audience insights Link toAudience Community: Operationalizing audience insights

Too often, valuable audience research ends up sitting on the shelf. Join the Lenfest Audience Community on Thursday, Nov. 20…

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