Gather is a project + platform to support community-minded journalists and other engagement professionals. Our mission: make journalism more responsive to the public’s needs and more inclusive of the public’s voices and diversity, by helping journalists, educators, and students who share these values find each other, find resources and best practices, and find support and mentorship. Learn more about Gather.
The guide “Taking Care” by jesikah maria ross emphasizes the importance of practicing care in journalism, offering practical tips and insights for creating impactful and healing storytelling.
Prisoncast! is a radio program for incarcerated people inside Illinois prisons and their families and loved ones on the outside. It is a request show, asking families and incarcerated folks for audio requests, musical preferences, and other topics they want journalists to cover. Currently, it is produced by WBEZ and Illinois Public Radio.
Ted Conover, John Pendygraft, and Gillian Tett, all accomplished in integrating anthropology into their award-winning reporting, discussed the intersections between anthropology and journalism and how ethnography could enhance news reporting.
“I’m on Gather to learn from this incredible community. Everyone here is on the vanguard of engaged journalism practices, and learning from your experiences has helped me do my work better.”
“I’m on Gather to learn, grow, share ideas, and collaborate with others who work in the audience-focused space! Learning from people at other organizations has been incredibly helpful for crafting our strategy.”
“I’m interested in helping to eliminate barriers that keep journalism and information sharing exclusive. I love that Gather not only shares examples of how to create collaboratively with communities but is a collaborative community itself!”
