Here are a few ideas for activating your archives that participants brought to the recent API Summit on Local History, Community and Identity in Nashville — plus some ideas we all brought home to try out in the weeks and months to come.| American Press Institute
Reaching people across age groups is a complex proposition for news leaders. It involves identifying issues and topics that resonate with all ages, creating content on multiple platforms, and finding ways for people to move past assumptions about one another. But the current moment in America demands this kind of work.| American Press Institute
The American Press Institute is hosting a local summit on October 9-10 in Washington, D.C., to empower news leaders in enhancing residents’ leadership and influence over their community’s information ecosystem. The post Join our API Local News Summit on Inclusion, Belonging and Local Leadership appeared first on American Press Institute.| American Press Institute
Diving into local history can be a great way to reach new audiences and cultivate a sense of place, but some communities already have a strong identity that can be tapped into as well. That’s exactly what Block Club Chicago has built its merchandising strategy around The post Branding neighborhood pride in a subscription campaign appeared first on American Press Institute.| American Press Institute
This transition comes as API continues supporting local and community newsrooms, advancing journalistic sustainability and programming for equity and belonging in media. The post API Senior VP Samantha Ragland named interim Executive Director appeared first on American Press Institute.| American Press Institute
Welcome to July’s Special Edition, where we feature essays from four attendees of the API Local News Summit on Local Identity, History and Sustainability on how they use history to create a sense of place and foster a sense of pride in local identity to connect communities and find new sources of revenue. As we [...] The post Leverage history to shape identity appeared first on American Press Institute.| American Press Institute
With a relevant topic, rich storytelling material and a timely hook in hand, you now have the raw ingredients to develop historical programming that resonates.| American Press Institute
The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism sets up tables and chairs in the communities it covers to find story ideas, sources and leads.| American Press Institute
Time was not on our side when planning this event, so it was essential that we made fast, decisive choices. This is where years of practice came in handy.| American Press Institute
The event was joyous, eclectic and completely unlike what you might expect from a journalism organization. But according to the team that produced it, this is what local media can and should look like.| American Press Institute
Greenbaum brings almost 30 years of news media experience to API, and he most recently served as chief operating officer at Lehigh Valley Public Media and chief content officer at PBS 39, both in Bethlehem, Pa. The post American Press Institute names Yoni Greenbaum vice president of product strategy appeared first on American Press Institute.| American Press Institute
An event that celebrates your community can coalesce those identities — and establish local media as the conveners, recordkeepers and storytellers of your community yesterday and today.| American Press Institute
In Southern California, the Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation is pioneering collaborations with local historical societies to help support the journalists of today — while working to ensure that the stories of yesteryear are preserved and rediscovered. The post Team up with historical societies to offer dual membership perks appeared first on American Press Institute.| American Press Institute
These partnerships can help rebuild trust in local media by including more voices and perspectives, and they offer a foundation for repair, restoration and reinvention. They weave the community together, fostering multidirectional conversations, a shared sense of place and joint ownership over our civic future. The post Partnering with community members isn’t just about trust in news — it shows local civic health belongs to all of us appeared first on American Press Institute.| American Press Institute
As director of inclusion and audience growth, Harris-Taylor will continue API’s efforts to drive organizational and cultural transformation while sharpening its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. She’ll also work to deepen API’s partnerships with community organizations and non-news experts. The post API welcomes Marlene Harris-Taylor as director of community engagement appeared first on American Press Institute.| American Press Institute
Owning the news Journalist Megan Greenwell has been on tour promoting “Bad Company,” her book about the impact of private equity on American workers and [...]| American Press Institute
Explore cutting-edge research, resources, and training for modern journalism. American Press Institute supports a vibrant, ethical, and sustainable press.| American Press Institute
Hope for facts In breaking news situations, spreaders of misinformation, including those using AI, often exploit the public’s desire to find out what’s happening. In [...]| American Press Institute
Upcoming Webinar Pulling back the curtain on what happens on election night Thursday, September 26 | 1 - 2pm EDT The Associated Press on Nov. 5 will count the vote and declare winners in some 7,000 races, doing the work so the world knows as soon as possible who wins not only the White House,| American Press Institute
The grants will help local and community-based media across the country augment their community engagement work around local elections and beyond.| American Press Institute
We see in research how trusted messengers matter for news that’s shared. We know Millennials and Gen Z pay for or donate to support email newsletters or video or audio from independent creators at higher rates than newspapers.| American Press Institute
As research continues to inform this slice of the news industry, we’ll continue learning, too. Who gets to be called a journalist in 2025? What is the future of trustworthy information, especially considering the access to and trust for online content creators? How might journalism adapt to the rise, or co-opt the styles, of news influencers?| American Press Institute
We support news organizations as they build trusted relationships with their communities. We believe that sustainability requires news organizations to build a culture of listening, which promotes empathy, strengthens reporting and improves trust. Our initiatives, training and resources help news organizations to build actionable and long-lasting strategies for community engagement. Trusting News| American Press Institute
This initiative will help participants develop influencer collaborations around their journalism, including co-hosted Instagram reels to share reporting and promote products, explanatory reporting, ongoing partnerships and live events.| American Press Institute
The plans — each supported by a $3,000 grant from API and refined with API's help — will build connections with new audiences and serve communities by prioritizing storytelling and positive impact.| American Press Institute
Six news organizations will experiment with local influencers or trusted messengers to share their nonpartisan local journalism on elections in 2024 as part of a new American Press Institute program for the Knight Election Hub.| American Press Institute
Questions, flags and a checklist to help you anticipate and prepare for any potentially sticky ethical situations that arise in partnering with trusted messengers, including language for how to get on the record about the ethics guiding your collaboration.| American Press Institute
The cohort came to the in-person training session with enthusiasm and will to begin to make a change with how they best serve the communities they engage with and report on.| American Press Institute