From: "Josh Stearns and Teresa Gorman" <localnews...@democracyfund.org> Date: Mar 24, 2017 12:13 PM Subject: Local Fix: Answer Your Emails, Sports Innovators, and Submit Your Ideas To: <cl...@e-democracy.org> Cc:
*[image: Local News Lab logo] <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938249-localnewslab.org/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news. But first, we always begin with one good idea...* *One Good Idea: Answer Your Emails* The editor of the Dallas Morning News, Mike Wilson, has been getting angry emails from readers saying that the newspaper's coverage is biased. Wilson started answering them <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938253-www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/612/ask-a-grown-up?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927>. He eventually invited a few of the email authors to visit the newsroom and attend an editorial meeting. "I was just struck by how ordinary, matter of fact it was. You see that they don't have horns and they're not out to be sinister," Stace Bradshaw, one of the visitors, said. Are you ready for some links? Our brackets may have seen better days, but March Madness reminded us of some of our favorite past articles on how sports media and reporters are often innovators and the testing ground for experiments in newsrooms. Take a look, and get some inspiration. - Newsroom Innovation Leaders: The Sports Department <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938257-changingnewsroom.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/newsroom-innovation-leaders-the-sports-department/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927>- Changing Newsroom - Could sports journalism become a testing ground to drive innovation in other types of news coverage? <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938261-medium.com/editors-lab-impact/8-prototypes-to-report-sports-news-in-innovative-ways-5357aa0f6732?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Global Editors Network - Why sports media have always been newsroom innovators <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938265-archives.cjr.org/reports/the_toy_department_shall_lead.php?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - CJR - What the New York Times learned from pulling its Knicks beat writer <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938269-www.poynter.org/2015/what-the-new-york-times-learned-from-pulling-its-knicks-beat-writer-this-season/327863/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Poynter - Why Shea Serrano’s Fans Beg to Pay Him for His Newsletter <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938273-blog.mailchimp.com/why-shea-serranos-fans-beg-to-pay-him-for-his-newsletter/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - MailChimp - All Things Football: Sideline Reporting Public Radio Style <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938277-prndi.org/post/all-things-football-sideline-reporting-public-radio-style?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - PRNDI - Tips for engagement in sports coverage <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938281-stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/tips-for-engagement-in-sports-coverage?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Steve Buttry - Still no cheering in the press box <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938285-povichcenter.org/still-no-cheering-press-box/index.html?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Povich Center Understanding How People Process Facts There is a lot we can understand from listening to our communities and looking at website metrics, but there is also a growing literature in psychology that can help us understand how people read and make sense of journalism and media. A series of recent articles surface new ideas about how people do or don't change their minds. Dig into these pieces and see if they suggest new ways of telling stories or engaging your audience around complex or controversial topics. - Why People Continue to Believe Objectively False Things <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938289-www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/upshot/why-objectively-false-things-continue-to-be-believed.html?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - The New York Times - When It Comes To Politics and 'Fake News,' Facts Aren't Enough <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938293-www.npr.org/2017/03/13/519661419/when-it-comes-to-politics-and-fake-news-facts-arent-enough?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - NPR's Hidden Brain - This Article Won’t Change Your Mind: The facts on why facts alone can’t fight false beliefs <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938297-www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/this-article-wont-change-your-mind/519093/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Atlantic - Why Facts Don't Change Minds: New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938301-www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - New Yorker - The problem with facts: How today’s politicians deal with inconvenient truths <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938305-www.ft.com/content/eef2e2f8-0383-11e7-ace0-1ce02ef0def9?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - FT - ‘Who shared it?’: How Americans decide what news to trust on social media <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938309-www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/trust-social-media/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - API When News Breaks, Pause The attacks in London this week filled our social media feeds with raw images of the wounded on the side of the road. This raised questions for journalists about how and if to share and spread those images. Questions about verifying the source, the ethics of showing injured people's faces swirled. Charlie Becket, director of Polis in the UK, was specifically concerned with how media coverage could fan the flames around issues of terror and fear. Links to his report (which was funded by Democracy Fund Voice) and other links on social reporting and breaking news are below. - Reporting on terror in the networked age <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938313-twitter.com/charliebeckett/status/844855125327826945?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Charlie Beckett - With Reported.ly vets, NowThis wants to make social reporting core to its original content ambitions <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938317-www.niemanlab.org/2017/03/with-reported-ly-vets-nowthis-wants-to-make-social-reporting-core-to-its-original-content-ambitions/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - NiemanLab - French newsrooms unite to fight election misinformation with the launch of CrossCheck <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938321-firstdraftnews.com/crosscheck-launches/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - First Draft News - A reminder to keep people safe during newsgathering <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938325-twitter.com/fergb/status/844586155547017217?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Fergus Bell - The Breaking News Consumers Handbook <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938329-www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumers-handbook-pdf/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - On the Media Get Those Applications Ready We all love a deadline, and there are a few coming up that you might be interested in. Take a few minutes to think of your best ideas and pitch to ONA, the Prototype Fund, and more. - How might local news organizations improve the flow of accurate information <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938333-knight.submittable.com/submit/80676/prototype-fund?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927>? Apply by April 3 - Pitch your local news panels to ONA 17 by April 13 <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938337-ona17.journalists.org/suggestion-box/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Apply for Datakind's Democracy Datacorps <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938341-democracydatacorps.datakind.org/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Hack with Come and Play, an audio storytelling hackathon from BuzzFeed <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938345-comeandplay.org/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> - Try for a RTDNA scholarship by May 17 <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938349-rtdna.org/content/scholarships?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> *Local News Lab Link of the Week* Our site is full of practical advice, tools and tips. This week, we recommend Daniela Gerson's post on four steps for news organizations to start collaborating with ethnic media <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938353-localnewslab.org/2017/02/03/four-steps-for-news-orgs-to-start-collaborating-with-ethnic-media/?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927>. Send us your feedback and ideas for other resources that you would find useful on the Lab at localnews...@democracyfund.org <localnews...@democracyfund.org?subject=my%20idea%20for%20local%20news%20lab> . Have a good weekend Josh and Teresa @jcstearns <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938357-twitter.com/jcstearns?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927>, @gteresa <http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/localfix/local-fix-answer-your-emails-sports-innovators-and-submit-your-ideas/7938361-twitter.com/gteresa?c=87b91026-b066-460a-86e4-853c862dc927> *The Local Fix is a project of the Democracy Fund’s Public Square Program, which invests in innovations and institutions that are reinventing local media and expanding the public square. 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