Dedicated to helping good journalists and good journalism succeed in the 21st Century

Want to be a better online journalist and newsroom leader? Visit KDMC@USC
Traditional journalist needing multimedia skills? Visit KDMC@UCB
Need info on everything from Citizen Journalism to Digital Innovation to International Networking? Visit Knight Digital Partners

Get the latest from all the KDMC blogs.

Total Community Coverage

Religious Dating: Path to Community Engagement

08/07/08 at 07:44 am

If you’re trying to engage communities, it might help to reach out to the people who are actually trying to get engaged!

You probably know couples who met in church, temple, etc. But these days, a surprising number of people of all faiths are eschewing singles bars and regular online dating sites (tawdry or otherwise) in favor of meeting a nice potential spouse with similar religious inclinations. Finding a companion or life partner is a core social need in any community, so religious dating sites, events, and services have sprung up to combine the volume of the former with the virtues of the latter.

Why should news orgs care about religious dating?…

Read more...

News Leadership 3.0

Embrace ‘iteration’

08/07/08 at 07:10 am

Leadership report:
Technique untangles
new-product snags

Read more...

News Leadership 3.0

Let’s get local

08/06/08 at 05:37 am

Former newspaper manager
offers formula for improving
local news coverage

Read more...

News Leadership 3.0

Link: Innovation in the newsroom

08/05/08 at 11:59 am

Next Newsroom developer
says to start by making
innovation a priority

Read more...