Mar
31
$4 gas: An opportunity for community journalism
By Rob Golub
We’ve talked a lot on this site about serving our communities. Now it’s time to
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Rob Golub
Mar
02
Oh my, things are happening at Successful Journalism for Communities
By Rob Golub
I want to thank our growing roster of subscribers (that’s you!) - your comments and frankly
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Jan
30
What a better newspaper front page looks like
By Rob Golub
Last month, we critiqued the front page of the fictional North Courier Sun. This month, we rebuilt
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Dec
26
A terrible newspaper front page
By Rob Golub
It pains me to look at this front page, even though I designed it to be beautifully
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Nov
28
Rob on the Road: Upcoming speaking engagements
By Rob Golub
Back in the day, I wrote a weekly feature column at a daily, called “Rob on the
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Oct
30
Ten quick tips to think from your journalism audience’s perspective
By Rob Golub
In an era of distrust and outrage, journalism must build an authentic relationship with consumers of news,
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Sep
21
If Neil deGrasse Tyson is right, journalists need to become community cheerleaders – now more than ever
By Rob Golub
It feels like the whole information ecosystem is going off the rails.
We’ve got anger and
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Aug
29
We absolutely must offer news they can’t get anywhere else (with examples!)
By Rob Golub
A key to a successful community news product is offering content readers can’t get anywhere else.
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Aug
11
What I learned from a weekend with 2,000 journalism professors and scholars
By Rob Golub
I’m writing this from the San Francisco Airport after a great weekend at a major national
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Jun
23
Rob on Poynter: "In the age of AI, human emotion is journalism's superpower"
“With trust in media plummeting, reporters face increasing hostility, and at the same time, local news outlets are disappearing, turning
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