Journalism Matters: Lessons from the beginning of the listening tour

Journalism Matters: Lessons from the beginning of the listening tour

The trade magazine Editor & Publisher recently ballyhooed the largest newspaper company’s latest project, inspired by one of its top execs realizing that most Americans have never met a journalist in real life.So he’s started a pilot project, ordering some papers to introduce communities to the news teams covering them. That is, write features about the reporters and photographers and editors who get the paper out. Offer the occasional explanati…