Helping smaller newsrooms meet photo and video needs

 From Reynolds Fellow Aaron Eaton:

Over the next month, I would love to speak with as many smaller local newsrooms as possible to gain more insight into how to build a platform that can serve their needs in regards to:

• Locating local  independent visual journalists for assignments.
• Creating a streamlined process to pay for and acquire photo and video content from local journalists.
• Building a community of smaller newsrooms to strengthen local journalism.

 https://rjionline.org/news/understanding-the-photography-and-video-needs-of-smaller-newsrooms/

Feeding the goat: Why smaller newsrooms aren't using digital tools

This is an important report from Duke's newsroom project (with a catchy title).

The report confirms what I have found: Too often smaller newsrooms are ignoring digital tools that are free or low cost and could help them do a better job.

We ride the hamster wheel because we want to, not because we have to.

Related: NY Times report raises alarms about newsroom's digital future.