Giving Compass' Take:

• As digital media emerges, newsrooms are redesigning their spaces to align with workflows, attitudes, and behaviors that are necessary for a more modern media companies.

• How can newsroom redesign and emphasis on digital-first workflows help curb fake news? How can donors support news organizations during a redesign process? 

• Read about how best to support democracy in the digital age.

Over the past decade, technology has driven unprecedented change in news audiences and news organizations. News organizations have experimented with business models, integrated new technologies, adopted digital platforms and established digital-first workflows.

Space​ ​and​ ​behavior​ ​go​ ​hand​ ​in​ ​hand.

Yet in too many newsrooms, the physical spaces are stuck in the late 20th century.

Now some newsroom leaders are redesigning their workplaces to better support the behaviors, workflows, and attitudes required in an adaptive, modern media company.

For some newsrooms, relocation or new construction offers the best solution to several types of problems, whether it’s dealing with a newsroom emptied from rounds of layoffs, making room for future growth, or creating a workspace tailored for new digital practice.

Read the full article on designing newsrooms for the digital age by Dana Coester at American Press Institute.