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Journalism needs an audience to survive, but isn't sure how to earn its loyalty

  • Written by Jacob L. Nelson, Assistant Professor of digital audience engagement, Arizona State University
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Journalism is in the midst of an existential crisis: the profession has undergone decades of declines in readership, revenue and public trust, with no obvious end in sight.

Many in the industry believe that the best way for newsrooms to recover both revenue and public trust is...

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