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height: 80px;" alt="avatar"/></span> <p class="description">Researcher and writer for Poynter Institute on business and journalism issues. 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ExSP Times and Phil Inquirer</p> <hr/> <div id="post-351109" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-0"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="100" height="108" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/waldman-100.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="waldman-100"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=351109" title="Permalink to To boost local journalism, Steven Waldman proposes an AmeriCorps for reporters" rel="bookmark">To boost local journalism, Steven Waldman proposes an AmeriCorps for reporters</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 16, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">4:51 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p><div id="attachment_351569" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/waldman-250.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/waldman-250.jpg" alt="Steve Waldman" width="250" height="384" class="size-full wp-image-351569"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Steve Waldman</p></div>Four years ago Steven Waldman documented in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/https://transition.fcc.gov/osp/inc-report/The_Information_Needs_of_Communities.pdf">a report for the Federal Communications Commission</a> the erosion of local journalism as newspapers’ business fortunes declined.</p> <p>Now he is suggesting a remedy — a non-profit Report for America organization, modeled on AmeriCorps and Teach for America. Waldman summarized the idea in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.cjr.org/innovations/its_hard_to_know_which.php">an article yesterday for CJR</a> and is presenting it at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://engagelocal.org/">a conference on local journalism today</a> sponsored by Montclair State University’s Center for Cooperative Media.</p> <p>Waldman envisions reporters, many of them young but some experienced too, being placed at newspapers, public radio stations and other existing outlets. Part of their salary would come from the new non-profit, the rest from a match by the organization receiving the placement.</p> <p>“I think this really has a chance of catching on,” Waldman told me in a phone interview. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351109/to-boost-local-journalism-steven-waldman-proposes-an-americorps-for-reporters/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351109/to-boost-local-journalism-steven-waldman-proposes-an-americorps-for-reporters/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="351109 http://www.poynter.org/?p=351109">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351109/to-boost-local-journalism-steven-waldman-proposes-an-americorps-for-reporters/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351109/to-boost-local-journalism-steven-waldman-proposes-an-americorps-for-reporters/" addthis:title="To boost local journalism, Steven Waldman proposes an AmeriCorps for reporters">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351109/to-boost-local-journalism-steven-waldman-proposes-an-americorps-for-reporters/" addthis:title="To boost local journalism, Steven Waldman proposes an AmeriCorps for reporters">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-349833" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-1"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="96" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/carroll-250-160x96.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="carroll-250"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=349833" title="Permalink to 5 things John Carroll taught me about great investigative projects" rel="bookmark">5 things John Carroll taught me about great investigative projects</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 15, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">3:31 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div id="attachment_351293" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/john_carroll-500.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-351293" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/john_carroll-500-300x196.jpg" alt="John Carroll speaking in this 2003 file photo. At middle is Todd Merriman, who was the senior editor/news of The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Kathleen Carroll, right, executive editor of The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" width="300" height="196"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">John Carroll speaking in this 2003 file photo. At middle is Todd Merriman, who was the senior editor/news of The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Kathleen Carroll, right, executive editor of The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)</p></div> <p>When John Carroll visited me and Poynter in January 2013, he was a trim, vigorous retiree in his early 70s. So the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/15/business/media/john-carroll-former-editor-of-los-angeles-times-dies-at-73.html?_r=0">news Sunday morning that he had died</a> of a degenerative brain disease, diagnosed earlier this year, hit me hard.</p> <p>On reflection, among many generous mentors, John may have been the most important to me. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/john-s-carroll-edited-newspapers-in-baltimore-and-los-angeles-dies-at-73/2015/06/14/65bd5c1a-eac7-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html">As the obituaries noted</a>, he had uncanny skill at commissioning and editing big investigative projects, which won multiple Pulitzers for four different newspapers.</p> <p>I don’t know that John ever gave a full “how-to” account of his approach, but here are five principles that stuck with me gleaned from the time I worked for him at the Philadelphia Inquirer and conversations later in our careers. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/leadership-management/349833/five-things-john-carroll-taught-me-about-great-investigative-projects/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/" title="View all posts in How To's">How To's</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/leadership-management/" title="View all posts in Leadership & Management">Leadership & Management</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/leadership-management/349833/five-things-john-carroll-taught-me-about-great-investigative-projects/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="349833 http://www.poynter.org/?p=349833">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/leadership-management/349833/five-things-john-carroll-taught-me-about-great-investigative-projects/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/leadership-management/349833/five-things-john-carroll-taught-me-about-great-investigative-projects/" addthis:title="5 things John Carroll taught me about great investigative projects">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/leadership-management/349833/five-things-john-carroll-taught-me-about-great-investigative-projects/" addthis:title="5 things John Carroll taught me about great investigative projects">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-348337" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-2"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="107" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AP176205979516-160x107.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="This Jan. 31, 2005, file photo shows the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Building in St. Louis. Lee Enterprises, the parent company of the Post-Dispatch, said Tuesday, May 26, 2015, it is looking for a new home for the newspaper after 56 years in the six-story building. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=348337" title="Permalink to Finding a sweet business model in downsizing newspaper real estate" rel="bookmark">Finding a sweet business model in downsizing newspaper real estate</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 10, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">11:10 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div id="attachment_350309" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AP176205979516.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-350309" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AP176205979516.jpg" alt="This Jan. 31, 2005, file photo shows the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Building in St. Louis. Lee Enterprises, the parent company of the Post-Dispatch, said Tuesday, May 26, 2015, it is looking for a new home for the newspaper after 56 years in the six-story building. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)" width="740"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This Jan. 31, 2005, file photo shows the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Building in St. Louis. Lee Enterprises, the parent company of the Post-Dispatch, said Tuesday, May 26, 2015, it is looking for a new home for the newspaper after 56 years in the six-story building. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)</p></div> <p>Newspaper companies have been selling off downtown headquarters buildings and presses for some years now. But the trend has become accelerating and urgent:</p> <p>— Soon-to-retire Digital First CEO John Paton told me that he found that long-term leases were among the toughest legacy costs to shed. His successor Steve Rossi put 51 Digital First properties on the market last summer.</p> <p>— Close to home, the headquarters of the Tampa Bay Times (which Poynter owns), Sarasota Herald Tribune and Tampa Tribune are all for sale. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/348337/finding-a-sweet-business-model-in-downsizing-newspaper-real-estate/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/348337/finding-a-sweet-business-model-in-downsizing-newspaper-real-estate/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="348337 http://www.poynter.org/?p=348337">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/348337/finding-a-sweet-business-model-in-downsizing-newspaper-real-estate/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/348337/finding-a-sweet-business-model-in-downsizing-newspaper-real-estate/" addthis:title="Finding a sweet business model in downsizing newspaper real estate">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/348337/finding-a-sweet-business-model-in-downsizing-newspaper-real-estate/" addthis:title="Finding a sweet business model in downsizing newspaper real estate">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-347771" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-3"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="97" height="120" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wanifra-100-97x120.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="wanifra-100"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=347771" title="Permalink to Worldwide newspaper circulation revenues pass advertising for the first time" rel="bookmark">Worldwide newspaper circulation revenues pass advertising for the first time</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 1, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">1:37 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wanifra1.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-348419" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wanifra1-300x94.jpeg" alt="wanifra" width="300" height="94"/></a><br/> Last year circulation revenues inched ahead of advertising for the world’s newspapers, according to a report out today from the trade group WAN-IFRA.</p> <p>For 2014, circulation generated $92 billion compared to $87 billion for advertising, according to a world press trends survey released as WAN-IFRA begins its annual World Congress meeting in Washington.</p> <p>“The basic assumption of the news business model — the subsidy that advertisers have long provided to news content — is gone…,” Larry Kilman, secretary-general of WAN-IFRA, commented in a release. “This is a seismic shift from a strong business-to-business emphasis – publishers to advertisers – to a growing business-to-consumer emphasis, publishers to audiences.”</p> <p>The circulation-ad split varies around the world. Some European and Asian papers, with high single-copy prices and a reliance on newsstand sales, have been 50-50 for years. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/347771/worldwide-newspaper-circulation-revenues-pass-advertising-for-the-first-time/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/347771/worldwide-newspaper-circulation-revenues-pass-advertising-for-the-first-time/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="347771 http://www.poynter.org/?p=347771">1 Comment</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/347771/worldwide-newspaper-circulation-revenues-pass-advertising-for-the-first-time/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/347771/worldwide-newspaper-circulation-revenues-pass-advertising-for-the-first-time/" addthis:title="Worldwide newspaper circulation revenues pass advertising for the first time">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/347771/worldwide-newspaper-circulation-revenues-pass-advertising-for-the-first-time/" addthis:title="Worldwide newspaper circulation revenues pass advertising for the first time">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-346961" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-4"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="122" height="120" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-29-at-11.59.19-AM-122x120.png" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="Screen Shot 2015-05-29 at 11.59.19 AM"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=346961" title="Permalink to Scary Mary (Meeker) and that fallacious chart are back again" rel="bookmark">Scary Mary (Meeker) and that fallacious chart are back again</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">May 29, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">8:27 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>I was elsewhere earlier this week when <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.kpcb.com/partner/mary-meeker">Internet savant Mary Meeker </a>released<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.kpcb.com/blog/2015-internet-trends"> her gargantuan annual slide deck on big-picture digital trends</a>. I was not surprised that it received respectful coverage, as is warranted, nor, alas, that her updated chart implying imminent doom for print got special attention.</p> <p>That’s too bad. Of the 197 slides, this isn’t one of her best and has a pair of flaws that make it misleadingly alarmist.</p> <p>If you’ve missed the chart, a staple in her presentation for a decade, it compares time spent on various platforms with ad spend. For 2014, Meeker found print only gets 4 percent of attention but 19 percent of ad spend. She calls that “over-indexing.”</p> <p>Internet spend has moved up quickly the last few years, but mobile now accounts for 24 percent of time spent and only 8 percent of ad spend. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/346961/scary-mary-meeker-and-that-fallacious-chart-are-back-again/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/346961/scary-mary-meeker-and-that-fallacious-chart-are-back-again/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="346961 http://www.poynter.org/?p=346961">1 Comment</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/346961/scary-mary-meeker-and-that-fallacious-chart-are-back-again/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/346961/scary-mary-meeker-and-that-fallacious-chart-are-back-again/" addthis:title="Scary Mary (Meeker) and that fallacious chart are back again">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/346961/scary-mary-meeker-and-that-fallacious-chart-are-back-again/" addthis:title="Scary Mary (Meeker) and that fallacious chart are back again">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-345497" class="entry-content post-feature-primary excerpt-5"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="96" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/api-lean-model-250-160x96.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="api-lean-model-250"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=345497" title="Permalink to API has a new take on innovation — ignore the tribal nature of news organizations at your peril" rel="bookmark">API has a new take on innovation — ignore the tribal nature of news organizations at your peril</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">May 27, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">6:00 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p> <div id="attachment_347053" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/innovation-api.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/innovation-api-300x225.jpg" alt="One model was for a single-subject news website shows the staffing structure of the site. Rather than present the team in a typical org chart, they use concentric circles to show that each group is connected. (Image from the API report)" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-347053"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">One model was for a single-subject news website shows the staffing structure of the site. Rather than present the team in a<br/>typical org chart, they use concentric circles to show that each group is connected. (Image from the API report)</p></div>News organizations have become more “tribal” than ever, according to a pair of new reports from the American Press Institute, and effective innovators must work with that reality rather than try to bulldoze change through.</p> <p>At news organizations, Jeff Sonderman, deputy director of API and co-author of the report, told me by phone, a frequent problem is that “we come to the same building every day, but we may not really be working toward the same goals.”</p> <p>Knowing the need for change or even being willing to change are no longer the big issue, Sonderman said, “but how to do it, how to make it work and stick is.”</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/white-papers/culture-based-innovation/">The API report</a> identifies reporters as one tribe. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/345497/apis-has-a-new-take-on-innovation-ignore-the-tribal-nature-of-news-organizations-at-your-peril/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/" title="View all posts in How To's">How To's</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/leadership-management/" title="View all posts in Leadership & Management">Leadership & Management</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/345497/apis-has-a-new-take-on-innovation-ignore-the-tribal-nature-of-news-organizations-at-your-peril/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="345497 http://www.poynter.org/?p=345497">1 Comment</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/345497/apis-has-a-new-take-on-innovation-ignore-the-tribal-nature-of-news-organizations-at-your-peril/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/345497/apis-has-a-new-take-on-innovation-ignore-the-tribal-nature-of-news-organizations-at-your-peril/" addthis:title="API has a new take on innovation — ignore the tribal nature of news organizations at your peril">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/345497/apis-has-a-new-take-on-innovation-ignore-the-tribal-nature-of-news-organizations-at-your-peril/" addthis:title="API has a new take on innovation — ignore the tribal nature of news organizations at your peril">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-344327" class="entry-content post- excerpt-6"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="100" height="112" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/benoit-wirz-100.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="benoit-wirz-100"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=344327" title="Permalink to Knight Foundation finds a foothold in for-profit tech startups" rel="bookmark">Knight Foundation finds a foothold in for-profit tech startups</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">May 20, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">12:08 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>You read here with some regularity about Knight Foundation grants and Knight-funded research projects. But in recent years without notice, the leader in journalism philanthropy also has established a modest beachhead in the for-profit world.</p> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.knightfoundation.org/enterprise-fund/">Knight Enterprise Fund</a>, organizationally part of the unit that manages the foundation’s $2.5 billion endowment, has a $10 million kitty and has made 40 venture investments over the last three years.</p> <p><div id="attachment_345849" style="width: 160px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/benoit-wirz-300.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/benoit-wirz-300-150x150.jpg" alt="Ben Wirz (photo courtesy of Knight Foundation)" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-345849"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ben Wirz (photo courtesy of Knight Foundation)</p></div>It has a dual purpose, director of venture investments <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.knightfoundation.org/staff/benoit-wirz/">Ben Wirz</a> told me in a phone interview. Make money, yes, but also keep the foundation up to speed on promising digital tools and trends, the better to inform its grant-making.</p> <p>Wirz, who spoke at Poynter for our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://about.poynter.org/node/89902">Media Innovations Tour</a> earlier this spring, was a journalist early in his career, reporting for Japan’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://ajw.asahi.com/">Asahi Shimbun</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/344327/knight-foundation-finds-a-foothold-in-for-profit-tech-startups/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/344327/knight-foundation-finds-a-foothold-in-for-profit-tech-startups/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="344327 http://www.poynter.org/?p=344327">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/344327/knight-foundation-finds-a-foothold-in-for-profit-tech-startups/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/344327/knight-foundation-finds-a-foothold-in-for-profit-tech-startups/" addthis:title="Knight Foundation finds a foothold in for-profit tech startups">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/344327/knight-foundation-finds-a-foothold-in-for-profit-tech-startups/" addthis:title="Knight Foundation finds a foothold in for-profit tech startups">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-342469" class="entry-content post-feature-primary excerpt-7"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="96" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/InstantArticles-250-160x96.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="InstantArticles-250"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=342469" title="Permalink to Publishing news direct to Facebook is a big step — but the Apocalypse is not upon us" rel="bookmark">Publishing news direct to Facebook is a big step — but the Apocalypse is not upon us</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">May 13, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">2:33 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div id="attachment_344355" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/InstantArticles-600.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-344355" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/InstantArticles-600-300x188.jpg" alt="Sceeenshot from Facebook" width="300" height="188"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sceeenshot from Facebook</p></div> <p>My read on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/technology/facebook-media-venture-to-include-nbc-buzzfeed-and-new-york-times.html">Facebook’s deal with nine news publishers</a> to post some material direct to the platform: yes, it’s a significant business development but by no means apocalyptic,<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/new-york-timesfacebook-deal-is-here.html"> as some commentators are suggesting.</a></p> <p>Here’s why:</p> <p><strong>Good company</strong>: It was artful of Facebook and the publishers to assemble nine prominent brands to launch the experiment — including new media exemplar BuzzFeed, magazine-based National Geographic and four international titles.</p> <p>Were this just The New York Times, for instance, one would wonder whether the opportunity and deal terms were a one-off match to their business situation. Not so with this roster.</p> <p><strong>Favorable revenue split</strong>: The publishers will (for now at least) get 100 percent of revenue for ads they sell and 70 percent of those Facebook sells. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/342469/publishing-news-direct-to-facebook-is-a-big-step-but-the-apocalypse-is-not-upon-us/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/342469/publishing-news-direct-to-facebook-is-a-big-step-but-the-apocalypse-is-not-upon-us/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="342469 http://www.poynter.org/?p=342469">1 Comment</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/342469/publishing-news-direct-to-facebook-is-a-big-step-but-the-apocalypse-is-not-upon-us/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/342469/publishing-news-direct-to-facebook-is-a-big-step-but-the-apocalypse-is-not-upon-us/" addthis:title="Publishing news direct to Facebook is a big step — but the Apocalypse is not upon us">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/342469/publishing-news-direct-to-facebook-is-a-big-step-but-the-apocalypse-is-not-upon-us/" addthis:title="Publishing news direct to Facebook is a big step — but the Apocalypse is not upon us">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-342029" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-8"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="120" height="97" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/trib-store-100.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="trib-store-100"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=342029" title="Permalink to Tribune Publishing books a tiny profit for first quarter despite revenue decline" rel="bookmark">Tribune Publishing books a tiny profit for first quarter despite revenue decline</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/author/redmonds/" title="Posts by Rick Edmonds" rel="author">Rick Edmonds</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">May 6, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">4:32 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div id="attachment_342513" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/trib-store-600.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-342513" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/trib-store-600-300x190.jpg" alt="The Tribune Tower on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" width="300" height="190"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Tribune Tower on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)</p></div> <p>Tribune Publishing completed its second full quarter as a separate company with results much like the rest of the industry, eking out a small profit but still facing revenue declines.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040040/http://investor.tribpub.com/investor-relations/press-releases/press-releases-details/2015/Tribune-Publishing-Company-Reports-2015-First-Quarter-Results/default.aspx">Net earnings were $2.5 million for the first quarter of 2015</a> on revenues of $396 million. That’s a profit margin of 0.6 percent. In the same period in 2014, the business earned $12 million.</p> <p>Revenues fell 4.9 percent total, 5.7 percent in advertising year to year. 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