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🏆 Such a well-deserved award for Best Local & Community Newsletter from Media Voices! 🏆 Congratulations to Keith Pepper and the Rough Draft Atlanta team for their work and dedication to serving their community. We're grateful for Rough Draft Atlanta's participation in our Revenue Development Program where they made great strides while working with their coach Katie Mercer and fellow cohort publishers.

As we await the 2024 Summer Olympics to kick off in a few minutes, we're launching a series of posts celebrating the interesting ways Newspack publishers are covering the Games. 👏 Leigh Munsil and her team at the San Antonio Report were on the lookout for Olympics features because... 𝐈𝐭'𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞. 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬. When the University of Texas at San Antonio announced they'd signed 22-year-old Fatoumata Kabo who is competing this summer at the Games, Melanie Love Salazar reached out to her. They worked across time zones and connection issues to produce a Q&A about Fatoumata's athletic journey and her adjustment to life in Texas. "𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘮. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦." - 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘒𝘢𝘣𝘰 Kabo competes in the 4x400m relay on August 9th and 10th. We look forward to seeing her compete! And congrats to the San Antonio Report team for this Olympic coverage! Read the Q&A: https://lnkd.in/gt9_28rN #olympics #journalism

Grateful to see Peter Rubin taking a break from LinkedIn lurking to celebrate the awards The Atavist team won for their outstanding journalism. Longform narrative journalism is an art — The Atavist and their sister publication Longreads set the bar high. #longformjournalism

LEmmy just say... congratulations! 🎉 Maybe we didn't pull off that joke. But, Retro Report pulled off two Emmy nominations! We love to see our publisher community being celebrated for their work. Huge congratulations to the team. 👏 #celebratejournalism

"Black communities across the United States face a significant disparity in access to essential news and information," points out Michael Grant in his article about working with HBCU student newsrooms to support Black communities through journalism. (Link to article in comments) He founded the HBCU Collaborative to help HBCU student media outlets overcome the challenges they face to produce high-quality journalism that reaches their communities. We're honored our platform is an integral part of this program! #journalism

We're excited to welcome 12 publishers to our latest cohort of the Revenue Development Program! During the beta phase of the program that we just completed, we learned that participants especially valued one-on-one coaching and group sessions focused on newsletter subscriber growth. They found tools and techniques on newsletter Campaigns, design and content, and ideas for managing lists and automations most impactful. Participants also told us they plan to keep using the wide range of tools we introduced, which they said boosted their confidence, focus, and strategic clarity. We also received feedback about areas for improvement and look forward to incorporating that into future cohorts!

🎤 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝-𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 🎤 Former rival a-cappella group competitors turned business partners Evan McGee and Evan Woolley (fondly known as The Evans) founded Everlit to bring sound to articles on the web. Today, we announced a partnership with Everlit that brings their AI-driven text-to-audio generation tool to all Newspack sites. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉. “𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺’𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴.” - Giovanni Moujaes, product manager at inewsource Click the link in the comments to learn more about Everlit and how to activate the plugin if you're a Newspack publisher. #AIaudiotools #AItools #editorial #contentmarketing #journalism

📣 We've officially launched our Revenue Development Program (RDP)! 📣 Funded by the Lenfest Institute’s Local News Infrastructure Fund, which was established with support from the Knight Foundation to help local news organizations engage their audiences and strengthen their digital revenue streams, the RDP offers hands-on training, one-on-one coaching, and peer support to help publishers grow their audience and revenue. ✨ The feedback from our two six-week pilot cohorts has been incredible. Here are just two highlights: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘋𝘗 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦.” - Shaun Witt, Oklahoma Watch “𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬'𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬.” - Brittany Winkfield, Denver Urban Spectrum Following the success of our pilot phase, our next cohort will also focus on newsletters. Future cohorts will explore other tracks on reader revenue and advertising/sponsorships that we are currently designing. Newspack publishers can click the link in the comments to learn more about how to participate. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 23𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 8𝐭𝐡!

There are 138 days until the U.S. presidential election. As elections grow in both consequence and complexity, the local newsrooms that do the critical work of informing and connecting local communities are more pressed for time and money than ever. That’s why Newspack is collaborating with the Knight Foundation and other organizations to creat the Knight Election Hub to help newsrooms cover the 2024 elections at the federal, state, and local levels. The hub is a collection of carefully selected products and services — like data, software, polling, training, and expertise. The Knight Foundation will add services throughout the summer. You can get access today if your newsroom meets the eligibility criteria explained in the article linked in the comments. Scott Klein is Newspack's Entrepreneur in Residence who's leading the charge on this election hub. Feel free to send him a message with any questions you have about this project!  #journalism #2024elections #elections