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Savannah Morning News reporters get bonuses for traffic growth

Steve Yelvington, vice president of audience at the Savannah Morning News, discusses news metrics at Journalism Interactive 2014 as Judd Slivka of the University of Missouri School of Journalism looks on.
Steve Yelvington, vice president of audience at the Savannah Morning News, discusses news metrics at Journalism Interactive 2014 as Judd Slivka of the University of Missouri School of Journalism looks on.
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The Savannah Morning News has implemented a program that gives its journalists a small monetary bonus for traffic growth, according to Steve Yelvington, vice president of audience at the newspaper.

The Morning News joins other publications, including Gawker, Forbes Media, The Daily Caller and The Oregonian, that tie some elements of compensation to online traffic growth. Read more from American Journalism Review.

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