The Hub is building a team of engineers, product specialists and data scientists to fill gaps and spark growth and sustainability in newsrooms, assembling a first-of-its kind technology team dedicated to meeting the needs of next-generation digital newsrooms.
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‘They really set the bar’: How a shift in revenue model transformed Honolulu Civil Beat’s entire culture and approach
On any given week, in addition to reporting, editing, and investigating stories, the staff of Honolulu Civil Beat finds a variety of ways to connect with readers. Take, for example, a 10-days stretch at the end of March and beginning of April 2022. On Wednesday, March 30, a group of readers gathered at a community […]
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World Press Freedom Day, plus your May to-dos
Today is World Press Freedom Day. Over the past six years we’ve been here with you as the fabric of our industry changed. Nearly all of us at the Hub have been journalists or worked alongside them in a newsroom. We’re here today because we deeply believe in the power of journalism and the need […]
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The ✨Magic✨ of Automated Emails
This week’s newsletter is all about the ✨magic✨ of automated emails. Our Director of Learnings and Labs, Rachel Glickhouse, spoke to the #ThisIsTucson team about how the evergreen newsletter series they created in partnership with the Hub became a powerful tool for turning new Tucsonans — nearly 19,500 of them — into loyal readers and […]
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How to Use Automated Emails for Your Newsroom’s Membership Program
Sent to newsletter subscribers and members, automated emails act as a way to steward readers toward becoming paying contributors and to encourage current members to renew or increase their donation.
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The Gift that Keeps on Giving: How the Hub Helped #ThisIsTucson Grow Loyal Readers with an Evergreen Newsletter
#ThisIsTucson has been a proving ground for digital experiments, including what’s become a successful newsletter course developed with the News Revenue Hub.
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Your April to-dos, and our conference location
Last time you heard from us we announced the Hub would co-host the inaugural Independent News Sustainability Summit from October 27-29. Now we’re excited to share this will be an in-person event in Austin, TX. We want to acknowledge two things. One, we’re still in the midst of a pandemic and understand that everyone has different comfort […]
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Join us for our first conference! (plus a $20K grant announcement)
Mark your calendar! The Hub is co hosting an *in person* journalism conference unapologetically dedicated to revenue and sustainability in news. Join us on October 27-29 for the 2022 Independent News Sustainability Summit, a partnership between LION Publishers, News Revenue Hub and RevLab at The Texas Tribune, sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight […]
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‘We were blown away’: How Grist revolutionized their member strategy by working with News Revenue Hub
Grist is a nonprofit media organization dedicated to telling stories about climate solutions. Their goal is to convince and inspire audiences that a just and sustainable future is within reach—and that the time for climate action is now. In order to achieve that goal, Grist wants to reach as many people as possible. That’s why […]
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Join us in October to talk about the future of independent news sustainability
LION Publishers, RevLab at The Texas Tribune and News Revenue Hub are partnering to host the Independent News Sustainability Summit sponsored by the Knight Foundation.
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Introducing our new newsletter, Beyond the Paywall
Since we launched in November of 2016, the News Revenue Hub has worked with over 70 newsrooms to help them adopt a new business model built on trust, transparency and relationships — not transactions.