Engagement
Newsrooms ramp up audience engagement tactics for coronavirus coverage
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Public media’s largest and smallest newsrooms find that coverage shaped by listeners and readers invites more participation and builds trust.
Quick Takes
Public broadcasters, nonprofit media receive grants to use Hearken and GroundSource
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The Community Listening Engagement Fund awarded $241,000 to subsidize costs of platforms that help newsrooms integrate journalism into their communities.
System/Policy
Media funders launch initiative to restore audience trust through engagement
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A new grant-making initiative will subsidize costs for newsrooms to adopt the Hearken and GroundSource platforms.
Programs/Content
Want to be good for democracy? Be better at democracy
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The founder of Hearken argues that the processes by which most journalism is created are not nearly as democratic as they could (and now need to) be.
Tech
Hearken raises $700,000 in seed funding
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The funding will help the company double its staff in the next year and develop new features.
About Current
Current partners with Hearken to launch Currently Curious
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You can help set our editorial agenda. What do you want to know?
Programs/Content
Three New Jersey newsrooms sign up with Hearken
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The newsrooms are the latest to adopt the platform, which lets the public assign and collaborate on news stories.