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Last update: May 2025

Hi, I'm Rob! This site exists for journalists who seek to effectively serve a community as a path to sustainable journalism.

Here's the nut: If you serve your community, and emotionally connect with your community, absolutely everything will go better, including trust in news and your revenue models. I refer to this effort at connection as "emotional engagement" of a journalism audience.

For Poynter, I wrote the article, “Love your community and watch your revenue models do better.” I recently served on a conference panel, “The First Commandment of Sustainability: Know Thy Audience (Keynote),” with representatives from Hearken and the Knight Foundation. I'll be in San Francisco in August, serving on an engagement panel at the 7th World Journalism Education Congress. Hope to see you there!

The site is set up as a newsletter, though I envision that it will grow to become a field guide to having an effective relationship with a journalism audience. I invite you to subscribe, to get content alerts and full access.

I care deeply about community journalism. I've got a recipe that works, and I very much want to share it with absolutely everybody. I invite you to peruse my posted resources, watch for news of upcoming speaking engagements, and follow the Successful Journalism for Communities Facebook page. Get in touch with me at robgolub@yahoo.com. I want to help.

Rob Golub

Editor and Founder

Successful Journalism for Communities

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