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1. Define Your Strategy

This is where you need to start.

An audience begins to fill in for a panel in an auditorium of red chairs and scattered reserved signs

4. Build Newsroom Excitement Around Community

Tactics for making the case for community to your boss.

5. Model Your Threats

You need to prepare for the worst.

Category - Create Your Strategy

[Image] A woman wearing red hijab smiling and throwing blossom into the air. In the background out of focus are several people not looking at her

1. Define Your Strategy

This is where you need to start.

An audience begins to fill in for a panel in an auditorium of red chairs and scattered reserved signs

4. Build Newsroom Excitement Around Community

5. Model Your Threats

You need to prepare for the worst.

[IMAGE] A group of American Football referees in striped jerseys are having a conversation

3. Create a Code of Conduct

2. Write a Community Mission Statement

You have to choose what your community is for. Only then can you set it up for success.

8. Sustain a Strong Community Culture

Building strong community means intentionally creating a culture, every step of the way.

6. Manage a Successful Community

Jessamyn West, former Director of Operations at MetaFilter, explains how to encourage positive behavior through smart structures and policies.

7. Know Your Legal Responsibilities

Some links related to US law and liability related to the comments

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