Service journalism from the INN Network
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Originally posted on Medium
Over the past year, INN has watched as the independent and nonprofit news organizations in our network produce incredible service journalism for their audiences (readers, viewers and listeners). What is service journalism, you might ask? We like this definition from Pete Pachal:
“Service journalism, of course, is a new term for an old idea: giving readers good, practical advice — what to buy, where to go, how to do a certain thing — to make their lives easier. While service journalism shares the same standards of truth and fact-finding as regular reporting, it requires a different approach. The biggest shift: The reporter’s lens moves from the subject to the reader.”
We all know how this past year unearthed several urgent needs for high-quality, practical information and advice.