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Source: Spaceship Media

Local News: helping our communities think more like neighbors and less like political adversaries

Spaceship Media | June 2023

In this Lightning Chat, we hear from great minds researching polarization in our country and local journalists putting their research into practice in their own towns.

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How Guns: An American Conversation Launched a Nationwide Discussion on Gun Control

Kevin Beasley, Spaceship Media | March 2021

Spaceship Media worked with Advance Local, Essential Partners, and other organizations to create a nationwide discussion between persons with very different opinions on the topic of gun control.

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How Reckon Women Created a Space for Southern Women to Have Nuanced Dialogue and Make Change

Alabama Media Group, Maia Laperle, Spaceship Media | March 2021

Reckon Women promotes dialogue around women’s issues in the South by sharing news articles and asking open-ended questions to invite discussion.

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Bridging Divides with Online Conversations

Eve Pearlman, Full Circle, Halle Stockton, Jeremy Hay, Nancy White, Public Source, Spaceship Media | February 2018

A lot of us do most of our engagement work online. Is there room within digital spaces for building empathy and hosting meaningful interactions? Join the discussion with Eve Pearlman of Spaceship Media, Jeremy Hay of Spaceship Media, Halle Stockton of Public Source, and Nancy White of Full Circle.

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