Tips for using the Looker Studio for your impact tracking
For journalists and others who want to track the qualitative impact of their work, the Google Looker Studio can be a valuable tool, helping
Can ChatGPT assist with computational text analysis of news articles?
This January, I set out to use ChatGPT to assist me in conducting computational text analysis on news articles from various U.S. outlets.
Why you (probably) don’t want a pie chart: Reflections on Pi Day
Pi is an irrational number in that its decimal form never ends. Similarly, it seems like, for the go-to data visualization person, the
The IA Impact Tracker: One Year In
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been one year since we launched the IA Impact Tracker, and we’d like to share a big thank-you! We’ve had
How small changes to word choice can make a big difference
Given that I presented a poster about a project Impact Architects did that revolved around literacy, it shouldn’t be surprising that one of
Lessons in impact in investigative journalism
The thirteenth Global Investigative Journalism Conference brought together more than 2,000 people from around the world in Gothenburg
A community experience: Findings from a survey of Gather members
The platform continues to play an essential role in advancing the practice of engaged journalism
Too much impact: A good problem for national Read Across America Day
March 2 is the National Read Across America Day. It’s true, every day is some sort of “national” day of something, but this one sticks out
Five Things We’ve Learned About Building a Culture of Impact
for those who are embarking on a culture-building journey in their organization, we’re sharing what we’ve learned to help get started.
2023: The year equitable journalism goes mainstream
We conducted two portfolio reviews for the Democracy Fund and Ford Foundation to assess program strategies from 2016–2021.
Announcing the New IA Impact Tracker
The new IA Impact Tracker is a Google-based platform that is free, highly customizable, and interactive.
Five trends in 2022: A year in review from Impact Architects’ projects
From equity to impact, here’s what we’ve learned.
Think “intangible” impact is hard to capture? You might already be doing it
Four days, nearly 500 sessions (35–40 concurrent at a given time), in person in New Orleans: the annual American Evaluation Association
How we helped KPCC/LAist understand the inclusivity of their content
Since 2019 Impact Architects has worked with nearly a dozen publications — nonprofit, public media, and commercial — to conduct source
New and Improved: IA’s Impact Tracker relaunch coming *soon*!
A little over a year ago, Impact Architects took over the Impact Tracker from The Center for Investigative Reporting. Since then, we’ve
Engaged Journalism: Past, Present, and Future
In a 2018 survey about engaged journalism practices, Impact Architects and the News Integrity Initiative sought to understand what engaged
From diversity to inclusion: How KUOW and IA created “community of belonging” for a source and…
In 2021, KUOW and Impact Architects partnered to conduct a retroactive source and content audit. The work focused on the Seattle, WA
Three source diversity audits, three lessons learned (at least!)
Over the past year, Impact Architects has worked on three substantial source diversity audits, with more on the way. These projects
How we helped a History Department plan its future
We do a lot of things at Impact Architects — we strategize, we research, we support, we learn, and we share. But at the core of it all is