Every Saturday morning, we invite a publishing pro to put together their top media links. This week's guest editor is Michelle Manafy.

Michelle serves as the editorial director of media trade association Digital Content Next and is a regular contributor to Inc. She focuses on digital media and marketing and promotes best practices in a variety of venues.

You can find Michelle on Twitter and Linkedin.

Michelle says:

"Journalism and media are a lifelong vocation, but also a devotion. I am not only a practitioner; I have the formidable and fascinating vantage of industry watcher. These articles are some of the most interesting I’ve seen of late, offering both a macro view of industry issues and tactical tips for others devoted to the amazing, dynamic, and ever-challenging business of media."

Journalism’s Market Failure Is a Crisis for Democracy — hbr.org

For democracy to flourish, it is vital to ensure a diverse people have access to a wide range of voices. However, it is equally clear that the market cannot provide for all our information needs. What would a new financial model look like?

Email Is a Platform — medium.com

Tips and best practices for thinking about email as a platform to improve your engagement strategy and have higher open and retention rates for your newsletters.

The coronavirus crisis will eventually end, but the distributed newsroom is here to stay — www.niemanlab.org

The newsrooms that will thrive in a post-COVID-19 world will be the ones that embrace the shift to distributed teams. Here's a guide how.

Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising? — www.wired.com

Close your eyes and picture what life would be like if the leading business model of the internet were banished from existence. From protecting privacy to saving the free press, it may be the single best way to fix the internet.

Philanthropic Options for Newspaper Owners: A Practical Guide — knightfoundation.org

An emerging class of news businesses is modelling a promising path to sustainability - one drawn from the community itself. This guide presents a provisional playbook for those considering ways to engage with philanthropy.

Should you design for addiction or for loyalty? — www.niemanlab.org

The question is not if addictiveness is an effective design philosophy. Rather, the question is: Will this approach deliver a healthy, long-term customer relationship?

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