Jennifer Peters

Jennifer Peters is former content manager of the News Media Alliance.
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The Perfect Holiday Gifts for Your Favorite Newshounds

Ever wondered what to get the journalist in your life? It’s no easy feat, since journalists live on coffee and Election Night pizza and crave little more than truth, justice and the occasional deadline extension. But if you feel up ... Read More
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How Two Texas News Outlets Are Taking Collaboration to the Next Level

“Collaboration” has become a buzzword in journalism in 2020, but the Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News were thinking about how they could partner up to better serve communities in and around Dallas before everyone else started talking about ... Read More
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Star Tribune Reaches Gen Z with Classroom Access; Will Create Playbook for Other Local Publishers

Last month, the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune launched their expanded News in Education program, which offers free digital access to the Star Tribune to every school district across the state of Minnesota. The program, supported in part by a grant from ... Read More
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Journalism Movies to Binge… and Skip

If you, like your intrepid Alliance reporter here, have been properly social distancing, you’ve likely spent a lot of time with the TV on in the background or binging your comfort film favorites to get you through the past few ... Read More
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5 Answers with Alex Skatell, Executive Director, Independent Journal Review

After eight years of running IJR, Alex Skatell believes that, despite the faster pace of news reporting brought on by the digital age, readers still want and need deep-dive, investigative journalism. To help ensure that journalists continue to have a ... Read More
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News Impact Project: Nevada Reporter Uncovers Potential Corruption by Quasi-Government Business

While impactful news can be many things, we often think of it as being investigative in nature and shining a light into a dark corner that others want kept hidden. For The Nevada Independent, that dark corner involved a questionably ... Read More
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How to Protect Your Mental Health During Times of Crisis

It’s long been known that a journalist’s job can have a massive impact on his or her mental and emotional well-being. Acting as a conduit for stories of tragedy and trauma is no easy feat, and numerous studies have found ... Read More
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Newsy Activities for Family Fun During Social Distancing

As we enter the second month of social distancing due to COVID-19, many people will be getting cabin fever (if you haven’t already), especially kids. We know it can be difficult with everyone under one roof 24/7, so we’ve rounded ... Read More
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