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Develop Your Own Events Program – Apply For Free Bootcamp Today!

Join RevLab for Events Bootcamp, a free, in-depth training program designed for newsrooms with little to no events experience. Over the course of seven weeks, this online program helps you develop an events action plan tailored to your organization’s editorial, audience, and revenue objectives.

Events Bootcamp will run from May 17 – July 1, 2021, followed by a final session in late July. Apply now

Taught by a team of experienced journalism event producers and drawing heavily on The Texas Tribune’s own best-in-class events program, the course combines group instruction with peer-to-peer learning and individual coaching.
Participants will leave the program with a plan for producing in-person and online events.

Each publisher that completes the program receives a $2,500 stipend to apply to any aspect of its events program.
Events Bootcamp is limited to 25 publishers, and teams are encouraged to apply.

The time commitment during the seven-week program is approximately six hours per week. Each week includes two hours of synchronous class time, one hour of working with your coach, and two to three hours of reading, research, and planning on your own. Because space is limited, please do not apply if you cannot meet the time requirements.

Applications are due by May 2, and selected participants will be notified by May 7. Apply now!

Have questions? Contact the RevLab at revlab@texastribune.org

Revenue Lab is a grant-funded research and training center that helps publishers expand their revenue-generating capabilities. RevLab is based within The Texas Tribune and funded in part by the Facebook Journalism Project.

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Record-Journal Selected For Facebook Journalism Project Accelerator Programs

On April 20, the Facebook Journalism Project announced 30 news organizations that will be joining their Accelerator programs for reader revenue in North America. 

Including the Record-Journal (Connecticut), an independent, family-owned company anchored by its daily and Sunday newspaper, plus a group of weekly, community newspapers that cover Central Connecticut.

Participants were selected from nearly 300 applications by Facebook staff, Local Media Association staff and Accelerator coaches based on a demonstrated impact on their community, commitment to the program’s requirements and their readiness to pursue their biggest business opportunities.

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U.S. Press Freedom Accountability Project Grants Available

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), in collaboration with the News Leaders Association (NLA), launched the U.S. Press Freedom Accountability Project in light of the unprecedented attacks on journalists around the United States. The initiative will support reporting on press freedom violations and accountability.

The U.S. Press Freedom Accountability Project, funded by CPJ, is providing grants between $2,000 and $5,000 for newsrooms reporting on threats to journalists in the U.S., with a priority to pieces that can be published in one to three months. CPJ and NLA seek applications from newsrooms across the country. News organizations can apply, with submissions accepted on a rolling basis. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. A panel of experts organized by NLA and CPJ will review applications.

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Jeneé Osterheldt of The Boston Globe Wins Editorial Opinion Award

On April 5 the News Leaders Association (NLA) announced the winners of the 2021 NLA Awards for distinguished journalism and leadership. The NLA Awards continue the long traditions of the previous ASNE and APME Awards and are among the most prestigious in journalism.

Jeneé Osterheldt of The Boston Globe won the Burl Osborne Editorial and Opinion Award, which recognizes editorial writing that is excellent journalism and makes a difference in a community. The award is sponsored by The Dallas Morning News in memory of Burl Osborne, former editor, president, and publisher of The Dallas Morning News.

Winning Work: Columns by Jeneé Osterheldt, The Boston Globe

From the judges: These columns explore America’s complicated and often brutal relationship with race with a clarity that demands your attention. Osterheldt fearlessly tackled the deeply personal while also demonstrating an ability to step back and vividly contextualize the intersection of race and culture in our society. There were moments captured in these columns that were nothing less than devastating. A beautiful but powerful voice working at the height of her powers, showing her readers exactly why this moment matters.

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2020 Better Newspaper Competition Award Programs With Audio

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the two days of our New England Newspaper Convention. We are still working on publishing the entire list of winners but until then., below are the videos of all the award programs that were held over the two days. Congratulations!!

These awards recognize excellent advertising, marketing, promotion, revenue, and audience-building initiatives in the New England Newspaper & Press Association 2020 Better Newspaper Competition.

Reporting categories: Arts & Entertainment, Business/Economic, Crime and Courts, Best Coverage of Coronavirus, Education, Environmental, Human Interest Feature; Photography categories: Feature, News Feature. Video: News, Feature.

Reporting categories: General News, Government, Health, History, Investigative / Enterprise, Local Election, Local Personality Profile, Obituaries, Entertainment Video, Photography categories: Personality, Pictorial, Portrait.

Reporting categories: Racial or Ethnic Issue Coverage, Reporting on Religious Issues, Photo Series, Photo Story, Right-to-Know, Science/Technology Reporting, Social Issues Feature Story, Sports Story, Sports Feature Story, Sports Photo, Sports Video, Spot News Story, Spot News Photo, Transportation Reporting, Weather Coverage, Excellence in Newsroom Collaboration and Partnerships, Best Solutions Journalism Project.

Sections: Arts & Entertainment, Business, Food, Living Sports Section, Special Sports, Special Section or Editorial Supplement, Front Page, Headline Writing, Illustration/Infographics, Photo Illustration, Overall Design and Presentation, Editorial Cartoon, Editorial Writing, Commentary, Community/Audience Involvement, Editorial/Commentary Page, Columnists, Best Infographic on Website Best Podcast, Website Interactivity and Engagement, Outstanding Newsletter, MultiMedia Coverage.

Reporter of the Year, Photojournalist of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Best Designer, and General Excellence Awards in the New England Newspaper & Press Association 2020 Better Newspaper Competition.

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Sarah D. Collins

Collins is a Brown Institute Magic Grant recipient, journalist, and documentary filmmaker currently working at HealthDay News. She just wrapped up her documentary about an after-school circus program in Trenton and has been researching the right to be forgotten in American newsrooms. Previously, Collins campaigned on a bellwether congressional race in the Philadelphia suburbs and worked as a researcher for USC Annenberg Dean Emeritus Geoffrey Cowan. She earned her M.S. from the Columbia Journalism School and degrees in political science and broadcast journalism from USC Annenberg.

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Lauren Johnston

Lauren Johnston is Head of Content & Programming at Yahoo & Yahoo News overseeing editorial planning, content curation, distribution, media partnerships and audience growth for Yahoo.com and Yahoo News across web, app, newsletters and social channels, including the Yahoo News TikTok, which hit one million followers in under one year.

This is a cross-functional role and she works closely with product, design, engineering, marketing, PR, analytics, search, algorithm, personalization, and business development teams.

We are proud to rank No. 1 in the Comscore news/ information category for audience size and time spent and are deeply committed to providing our readers/ viewers/ listeners with top-notch reporting and storytelling from our original journalists and deep bench of premium content partners.

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Shauna Rempel

Shauna Rempel is a Canadian strategist, journalist and educator with 15 years of experience working in social media and digital news. As the leader of award-winning social media teams at two major Canadian news organizations, she consistently developed audiences on new and emerging social platforms. Shauna’s currently the senior social media strategist at the University of Toronto Mississauga and teaches multi-platform journalism to undergraduate students. As you can guess, she’s pretty obsessed with TikTok and as a consultant, she’s happily shared that obsession with journalists around the world. 

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Karina E. Cuevas

Karina E. Cuevas is a producer for Telemundo New England. Originally from New York City, she took an early interest in journalism when her 7th grade Spanish teacher suggested that as a career path. She has written for publications such as The Boston Globe Magazine, AM New York and Metro New York. Her days as a photographer for NY1 News/Noticias1 are not forgotten either. She serves as President of the National Association for Hispanic Journalists New England chapter and is part of the NESNE board. Karina is a graduate of Penn State University and Columbia University. In her free time, she liked to go bike riding, read, watch movies and pamper her two cats, Thor and Loki.

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George Arwady

George Arwady has been Publisher and CEO of The Republican newspaper since January 2010. Arwady spent most of his professional career as an editor and publisher in Michigan and New Jersey. He has chaired, is former chair and serves on the board of the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts. He also serves locally as a Trustee of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, a member of the Springfield Business Leaders for Education and the board of the United Way of Pioneer Valley.  Arwady is also a life-long consumer and supporter of the arts, having served over the years on symphony boards, museum boards and children’s chorus boards. He is a resident of downtown Springfield.

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