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The Lab that Frank Mungeam and his team of amazing coaches lead is one of the most impactful programs in local media as far as helping news organizations grow revenue. AND, we run it for *free!* You should apply!

Here at NY Press Association 2024 spring conference, Frank Mungeam is leading a great session for revenue diversification and new ideas for local newsrooms.

Great session by Penny Riordan today at NY Press Association on how Branded Content can be another source of revenue for local news outlets! The Meta Branded Content Project

Uber driver told me he’s getting $26 for the $48 @uber is charging me from this ride to the hotel from the airport. I told him I would tip well. Something has to change here.

Back at UT Austin for day two of protests. This one says it is both intended to support Gaza and to condemn the police response yesterday.

The crowd is at least 5x larger than the crowd that showed up yesterday at this time. Peaceful, quiet. Very little law enforcement presence.

Leave it to Texas to start arresting journalists in addition to students protesting peacefully.

Headed to Saratoga, NY, tomorrow morning for the NY Press Association annual conference. I'll be speaking on branded content. Will I see you there?

This conference will be great!

Glad to see this study released from my alma mater! The headline here imho is that many in the industry are already programming for the needs newsrooms said they needed, besides more reporters: Building stronger digital skills + a better tech stack.

Big update from #PressForward on first funding round opening 4/30: 100+small newsrooms (budget <$1M) can receive $100K over 2 yrs for general operating funding to address long-standing inequalities in journalistic coverage of underserved communities. pressforward.news/press-forward-…

News is Out, Word In Black and Comcast NBCUniversal  welcomes 16 journalism fellows to cover Black and LGBTQ+ communities newsisout.com/2024/04/news-i…

Great job to 𝚁𝚘𝚋 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚜 for helping to organize this! An excellent training experience for 80 Oklahoma journalists.

Buried in this Evan Smith piece with Richard Tofel is the best advice: 'People don't need to find their me. They need to find their her.' Who is the her Evan's referring to? It's April Hinkle, a salesperson! Even nonprofits need strong advertising: dicktofel.substack.com/p/the-texas-tr…

Hey this is a great idea. Hope this can happen for more journalism conferences! Travel budgets are tight if not nonexistent for a lot of media companies right now.

We have only 20 tickets left for the 2024 Collaborative Journalism Summit 😳 May 9-10 in Detroit. Grab your ticket before they are gone! eventbrite.com/e/2024-collabo…

Lifting up the Atlanta Voice family, the Dallas Weekly family, and the Word In Black family tonight. We will miss him.

Celebrating the trans community today and everyday. #TDOV2024

Alabama > UNC. What a game! Grant Nelson! Never thought I’d be rooting for an Alabama sports team but here we are.

Hey The New York Times, I pay for The Athletic in my all access subscription, but I can’t seem to log in with my Athletic account on the The Athletic app that I just downloaded. App won’t let me get past this payment page and I clearly don’t want to pay when it’s included.