JouRnalism Training and Sustainability

“Meet the Moment” Monthly Training

“Meet the Moment” refers to the practical training, discussions and solutions designed to address pressing issues that journalists are experiencing in today’s volatile field environment.

Sessions will include timely, relevant topics, including:

  • The emotional weight of reporting on trauma and preventing burnout
  • Safety for journalists in the field
  • First Amendment core principles of newsgathering rights
  • First Amendment court access and transparency
  • Data journalism in election integrity
  • Shared content and citizen journalism

A full list of training descriptions can be found here.

Newsroom Sustainability Labs

Program

Lab For Journalism Funding

Partner: Local Media Association

Details

A four-month training program with 12 participating news media organizations. Participants built deeper community connections and developed reporting projects to be funded through philanthropy.

Outcomes

PNAF financially supported winning community projects for advancement, including conflict resolution training in Butler, Pa. and a community “Baby and You” health expo in Sharon Hill, Pa. related to their project of infant mortality.

Butler Eagle has sinced raised nearly $100,000 in funding for community programs and held their second successful Student Journalism Summit debunking misinformation. 

“The funding and the lessons learned make a huge difference to our team as we launch “Civics and Civility,”a journalism project that we believe can bridge divides in Butler County, addressing a lack of civility and a misunderstanding of civics along the way.”
- Project winner Tracy Leturgey, Assignment Editor, Butler Eagle

Program

Sustainability Accelerator Lab

Partner: Blue Engine Collaborative

Details

An immersive nine-month training program with ten participating news organizations. Participants increased key revenue, operations and audience growth metrics through consultative coaching.

Outcomes

Collectively, the organizations improved their sustainability by 33% comparing pre-and post-accelerator metrics.  Additional increased metrics include:

  • +33k monthly site users
  • +39k social media followers
  • +3k newsletter signups
  • +225 financially supporting donors/subscribers/members
“The Accelerator gave us the structure to focus on the goals that matter most, including growing web, social and newsletter audiences and subsequently increasing membership revenue to record levels.”
-Lab participant, Jennie Ewing Liska, Co-Executive Director, Public Source