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Emily Ristow

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East Coast United States, Milwaukee, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: American Press Institute, USA Today, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Post-Crescent, Editor & Publisher, American Press Institute ORG
Director of local news transformation for @AmPress. Previously @journalsentinel, @AUG_Chronicle. @mujschool alum.

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Emily Ristow is the Director of Journalism Strategy at the American Press Institute, where she helps news organizations develop solutions to their most pressing problems.

Previously, she managed the Major Market Table Stakes program and coordinated efforts across the various Table Stakes programs. Table Stakes is an innovative yearlong program that helps news leaders transform their organizations' journalism and business through intensive change management training.

Before coming to API, Emily …

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Focus on the local journalism only you can do

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By Emily Ristow
| American Press Institute
This week’s action: Make one high-value coverage area easier to find or use. In today’s fractured media landscape, people seek news from local and national media outlets, as well as AI chatbots and independent creators, according to the latest research from the Media Insight Project. This month we’re making the study, which surveyed both adults and teens as young as 13, actionable for local news leaders.
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Show why your journalism is credible

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By Emily Ristow
| American Press Institute
This week’s action: Add an element to a story that communicates the reporting process. Trust in any source of news isn’t a given, according to the latest research from the Media Insight Project. This month we’re making the study, which surveyed both adults and teens as young as 13, actionable for local news leaders.
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Know how your journalism fits into the information mix

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By Emily Ristow
| American Press Institute
This week’s action: Identify one local creator your newsroom could learn from. What the survey says: A majority of American teens and adults (57%) get news from “influencers” or “independent creators” at least sometimes. Among teens ages 13-17, that number jumps to 81%. Other popular sources of news that U.S. teens and adults turn to at least daily: television or streaming services (46%), digital news sites (41%) and social media (37%).
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