The Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University has posted a downloadable copy of the American Press Institute’s ‘Newspaper Economic Action Plan’. Here is the report’s self description:
In this report, API provides models and recommendations for the migration of online content from free to paid. They are intended for the development of consensus, protocols and technology. [...]
It will be no surprise to me when, as David Carr stated a couple of weeks ago, the big news media players will be going all in. It’s just like a poker game and the chips are dwindling and your only chance to avoid a slow death is to make a big bet. It seems [...]
Ruth Ann Harnisch, president of the Harnisch Foundation, gave my Representative Journalism project a jump start early in 2008 with a gift to get LocallyGrownNorthfield.org its own community supported journalist.
Ruth Ann was willing to wait to get a community supported journalist for the Coaching Commons, which her foundation underwrites. Well now the wait is [...]
At least 180 community, family and other foundations have contributed nearly $128 million in grants to news and information initiatives in the United States since 2005.
That’s according to a report released today by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. The press release adds:
The information is contained in a grants database that is part of J-Lab’s [...]
As you might know I have been videoing nesting Red-shouldered hawks in my Marietta, Georgia neighborhood. Seeking more information I stumbled upon one of the nicest personal blog sites I have seen on the internet. The site is titled Vickie Henderson Art. She is keeping a photo, text and sketchbook of a nesting pair [...]
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.