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2. Climate change and the business reporter
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sherman, Erik (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11700
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Online from publisher website., Author discusses some business impacts of climate change and offers suggestions for coverage by business and science writers.
3. How the Sacramento Bee used "sprints" to drive digital subscriptions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gustus, Lauren (author / Sacramento Bee) and Chance, Amy (author / Sacramento Bee)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11226
- Notes:
- Via online Better News. 7 pages., Describes how the Sacramento Bee newspaper experimented with serving specific audiences for food stories in an effort to grow digital subscriptions. "The sprint terminology is borrowed from developers. We liked it because it allowed us to learn and get results quickly. If we failed, that was fine. If we found success, we kept going." Sprint efforts run from six to eight weeks. A drafted plan includes the strategy and tactics used to achieve SMART goals (SMART standing for specific, measurable, aggressive yet achievable, relevant and time-bound.) Team members measure "obsessively," meeting every week to discuss results and build new story plans. In a reported sprint example, digital subscriptions increased by more than 50 percent in 2018.