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Source: Yu Vongkiatkajorn

How Discourse Media’s Brielle Morgan Got Canadians Talking About Child Welfare

Yu Vongkiatkajorn | December 2017

As part of a pilot for Challenge for Change, a national media project in Canada, Discourse Media reporter Brielle Morgan organized a series of listening events to discuss the child welfare system in B.C. Morgan highlighted the challenges faced by Indigenous children, but also needed to acknowledge and tackle the community’s deep distrust of the media.

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How Outlier Media Is Using GroundSource to Help Level the Playing Field for Tenants

Yu Vongkiatkajorn | December 2017

Sarah Alvarez launched Outlier Media in 2017 to serve the needs of low-income news consumers in Detroit. Using SMS and Facebook messenger, Detroit residents can input any address in the city and receive free rental information about the home, including its most recent inspection data, any back taxes owed, and the name of the owner.

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