Here’s another taste of what’s coming April 25!
By Ruth McLatchie
As the world moves in an increasingly digital direction, journalism’s importance will grow while at the same time facing greater problems. The challenge for media organizations is to take advantage of future opportunities for more high quality journalism while finding creative, effective ways to address the potential pitfalls:
The Platform Pitfall
Author Thomas Poell suggests that the way to protect the public interest from the pitfalls of corporate platforms may be policy and legal measures based on key public values.
The Attention Pitfall
Medium blog author and digital marketing expert Alain Lange, Sr. offers suggestions for securing and maintaining audience attention in a digital environment.
The Trust Pitfall
The non-partisan Aspen Institute outlines ways to rebuild trust in the media, and by extension, in democracy.
The Funding Pitfall
Patrice Schneider, chief strategy officer of the Media Development Investment fund, offers advice on De-Risking Press Freedom in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Keep Cool and Think It Out
The Editors
Citizens Digest Staff
- Ruth McLatchie, Editor-in-Chief, Written Media
- Mike Gonzalez, Technical Editor, Writer
- Donald Wiggins, Chief Legal and Organizational Officer
- Daniel DeLuca, Chief Financial Officer
- Mark Harris, Operations Manager
- Elizabeth Frost, Circulation and Volunteer Manager
- Alicia Meckstroth, Contributor
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