The nonprofit Oklahoma Media Center (OMC) is awarding more than $100,000 in grants to a dozen Oklahoma news organizations in an Ecosystem Engagement Fund cohort to implement data-driven projects designed to bolster the trust and sustainability of local news. OMC collaborators have been awarded grants to complete the following projects: The Enid News & Eagle, … Continue reading Oklahoma Media Center awards grants to 12 local news organizations
Local newsrooms attend statewide training to improve trust in local news
Oklahoma Media Center is providing funds for data-driven projects More than 50 journalists representing 30 media organizations recently attended a training event with the nationally known nonprofit program Trusting News that the Oklahoma Media Center (OMC) facilitated at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Norman, Oklahoma. Joy Mayer Joy … Continue reading Local newsrooms attend statewide training to improve trust in local news
Groundbreaking study of local news habits of Oklahomans will launch Trusting News training to fund projects
Oklahoma Media Center released a comprehensive academic study today designed to fuel data-driven training this month from the nationally known Trusting News nonprofit to help collaborating newsrooms execute experiments aimed to increase trust and support of local news. The groundbreaking ecosystem engagement project is designed for local newsrooms with local pollsters, local academics and trainers … Continue reading Groundbreaking study of local news habits of Oklahomans will launch Trusting News training to fund projects
Moving the needle on trusting and supporting local news organizations
Ecosystem engagement project aims to build trust, financial support With American trust in media near an all-time low, the Oklahoma Media Center is collaborating on a groundbreaking ecosystem engagement project to move the needle on local news consumption habits. The multiphase ecosystem study will include scientific polling, academic field research, newsroom training and an engagement … Continue reading Moving the needle on trusting and supporting local news organizations