Business and Financial Planning

Leaders, let’s first plan for an emergency Link toLeaders, let’s first plan for an emergency

Software developers and technologists often ask about a project’s “bus factor” or “bus quotient”: What is the minimum number of team…

Solution Set: Lessons from the Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange  Link toSolution Set: Lessons from the Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange 

Last year we launched the Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange, a program supporting BIPOC media founders with resources to create more sustainable…

Members of the 2022 PMFE cohort complete a group sharing exercise at their graduation ceremony

How the Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange supported local media entrepreneurs in 2022 Link toHow the Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange supported local media entrepreneurs in 2022

When Lauren Settles founded We Talk Weekly, a multimedia news company, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she had…

Local news leadership transitions require budgets, bandwidth, and a breadth of skills Link toLocal news leadership transitions require budgets, bandwidth, and a breadth of skills

Another RJI fellow recently posed a simple, straightforward yet important question to me about succession planning for digital news organizations: Why…

Succession planning is key to journalism’s sustainability Link toSuccession planning is key to journalism’s sustainability

You’d be forgiven if the word “succession” triggered thoughts of despicable scheming and jockeying for power set to a haunting,…

Elements of Nonprofit News Management Link toElements of Nonprofit News Management

Added Resources On Oct. 24, 2022, The Lenfest Institute celebrated the official publication of "Elements of Nonprofit News Management" with…

News Founder Challenge | LION Publishers Link toNews Founder Challenge | LION Publishers

"Sign up for this six-week, self-guided course to put your news business idea to the test."

INN Startup Guide | INN Link toINN Startup Guide | INN

"Take these steps to plan, launch and operate a nonprofit news organization."

Elements of Nonprofit News Management Chapter 2: Money: Where to get it Link toElements of Nonprofit News Management Chapter 2: Money: Where to get it

Gifts of money are the indispensable fuel of nonprofit journalism. This next section considers a range of key questions and…

Elements of Nonprofit News Management Chapter 3: The Board Link toElements of Nonprofit News Management Chapter 3: The Board

Nonprofit boards are somewhat paradoxical. Like for-profit and foundation boards, they are recruited mostly by the staff whom they then…

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