Product Reading

An automated feed (via Instapaper) of the 10 most recent links I have bookmarked in my research.

• We asked 5,000 people across the country what they want from local news. Here’s what we learned. – American Journalism Project
  May 23, 2023
  As a venture philanthropy invested in rebuilding local news, the American Journalism Project has a keen interest in understanding what people actually need from…
• Are product managers really the CEO's of their product? 5 product leaders weigh in.
  May 23, 2023
  Twenty years ago, author and VC Ben Horowitz posted one of the earliest manifestos of product management, Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager . In the…
• Trust Tip 216: How to ask for products that help build trust
  May 7, 2023
  How can technology and news products help journalists rebuild trust with their users? View this email in your browser Weekly actionable tips for journalists to…
• The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
  April 23, 2023
  Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) endures as one of humanity’s most lucid and luminous minds — an oracle of timeless wisdom on everything from…
• Building a Stronger Local Media Ecosystem: The Role of Media Policy
  April 23, 2023
  | | | | | | | | Executive Summary This paper plays out against a backdrop of continued closures and diminished local news reporting across much of the United…
• New ‘Baltimore Beat’ Boxes Double as Exchange Sites for Community Wellness Items
  April 14, 2023
  Toiletries, boxes of Hamburger Helper, beef stew cans, books, face masks, and Narcan might not be what one would expect to see inside of a newspaper box. But…
• The Field Guide for Visual Product Thinkers
  April 14, 2023
  The Field Guide for Visual Product Thinkers April 05, 2023 The product innovation space is filled with useful methods, popular strategy frameworks and canvases…
• Exploring Advance Alabama's full out, all digital strategy: How The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register have successfully transitioned from print to all digital.
  April 13, 2023
  How The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register have successfully transitioned from print to all digital. Posted Thursday, April 13,…
• In trimming ad tech, Bloomberg seeks to put its audience ‘first’
  April 12, 2023
  Spring cleaning came early for Bloomberg Media. Last fall, the publisher said it would cut ties with the programmatic open marketplace as well as the chumbox…
• U.S. journalists’ beats vary widely by gender and other factors
  April 10, 2023
  Read our research on: Congress | Economy | Gender 1615 L St. NW, Suite 800 Washington , DC 20036 USA (+1) 202-419-4300 | Main (+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax (+1)…