Step Off the Hamster Wheel of Burn Out: How to Do Less with Less PLUS Tools for Remote Podcasting

August 12, 2021

The American Press Institute provides four case studies of how newsrooms are deciding what not to do. This is so important. More with less stopped being a sustainable strategy following the deep cuts in the almost a decade ago.

The BBC's local news partnership has proven successful in supporting local coverage, and journalism.co.uk says that it has become a model for other countries.

Researcher Nikki Usher explains why elite media hurts us all. As more media shifts to paid models, it means that more media is pitched to those who can pay. Usher outlines the impact of that shift.

Steal this idea. If you've got a big space where your printing presses used to be, why not open a liquor store or bar? That's what one weekly in the US did.

PLUS Messi's announcement on Twitch shows the power of gaming, and investment in digital media start-ups slows. (Hardly breaking news.)

One of the biggest challenges we’ve heard from the newsrooms we work with is that there’s not enough time. Journalism has always been a high-stress job, but it’s become increasingly so as budgets have tightened across the industry and newsrooms have tried to keep up the pace and volume of work with fewer resources. But […]

Cue applause. "But this is not a sustainable model for anyone. Journalists have become overstretched, exhausted and burnt out, particularly in the wake of the monumental news events of the past year. So rather than doing more with less, we think a better approach is to “do less with less,” which can actually help you to have more impact..."

The Times will make 18 of its newsletters available only to subscribers but will keep flagship email offerings such as The Morning free.

As I wrote on Twitter, 'newsletters (continue) their shift from appetiser to the main course'.

The UK pilot programme proved its value and has also inspired other countries to roll out their own local news initiatives

UK project is seen as a pilot for other countries. "Unlike regional newsrooms that saw their revenue plummet during the pandemic, the taxpayer-funded public broadcaster can afford to plan long-term and pay a journalist for three years to cover public interest stories. This is important because the coverage of council meetings is hardly profitable content for local papers and is often the first to be axed when money gets tight."

Nikki Usher argues that "many people in the United States do not see where they live or people like them authentically presented in the news."

"We had all this space in the back that wasn't being used because we don't have printing presses anymore."

An app used mostly for watching video games just clinched the sports interview of the year in another blow to the traditional world of broadcasting.

Investors are no longer willing to shell out hundreds of millions of dollars on new digital media sites.

The information ecosystem is increasingly difficult to navigate. Local news organizations have shrunk or shut down; polarizing national publications and misinformation networks fill the void. Tech platforms dominate the attention economy with algorithms that surreptitiously shape the way users interact with the news. Information is ubiquitous but difficult to parse. There is hope for a […]

Because there is an increased familiarity with platforms like Zoom and Skype, there isn’t much of a learning curve when it comes to working with Zencastr. Zencastr is a web tool for high quality audio and video recording. It is easy to use, when you want to record a new podcast episode, you just click the “Create New Episode” button. There are three options to record audio and video, display video but only record audio, or record audio only. Once you’ve chosen your podcast format, there’s an option to invite guests. Guests will be sent a link, where they can join the recording similar to that of a Zoom call.