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How we built a tool to spot geographic clusters—and gaps—in local news.

How we built a tool to spot geographic clusters—and gaps—in local news.

Leveraging breakthroughs in NLP and machine learning, the Lenfest Lab and Brown Institute built an analysis tool that maps locations found…
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Sarah Schmalbach
Part 3: ITERATE | A step-by-step guide to using UX research for local news product development.

Part 3: ITERATE | A step-by-step guide to using UX research for local news product development.

After you’ve explored ideas and evaluated your research results, these are good ways to sharpen your product idea before launch.
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Faye Teng
Part 2: EVALUATE | A step-by-step guide to using UX research for local news product development.

Part 2: EVALUATE | A step-by-step guide to using UX research for local news product development.

How to sift through your research and pull out the right information and insights to guide your process.
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Faye Teng
Part 1: EXPLORE | A step-by-step guide to using UX research for local news product development.

Part 1: EXPLORE | A step-by-step guide to using UX research for local news product development.

How to get started with your research — with tools that help you first get to know your audience and your competition.
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Faye Teng
Introducing our mapping local news project with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.

Introducing our mapping local news project with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.

Major advances in computation have made mapping local news easier. What can we learn from analyzing where stories fall on a map?
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Sarah Schmalbach
Lenfest Lab | Job Opening: Neighborhood Newsletter Editor

Lenfest Lab | Job Opening: Neighborhood Newsletter Editor

A one-year post to oversee a hyperlocal newsletter collaboration with The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Sarah Schmalbach
Delivering hyperlocal news at scale in Philadelphia

Delivering hyperlocal news at scale in Philadelphia

After winning the Google Local News Innovation Challenge, the Lenfest Local Lab and The Philadelphia Inquirer will collaborate to test a…
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Sarah Schmalbach
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