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How I Work

Lifehacker | September 2018

With entries going as far back as 2006, “How I Work” is one of the longest-running columns on the Gizmodo Media (née Gawker Media) online publication Lifehacker. The premise of the column is simple: First, Lifehacker asks its readers to share whose workflows and processes they’re interested in learning about. Then, they reach out to the people suggested in those recommendations and profile them and their workflows on the site. (Here’s an example.) The objective of the column is to give readers insights into the successful work habits of others in the hopes of spreading inspiration and best practices.

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Using Comments to Tell the Story of Journalism

Joy Mayer, Trusting News | July 2018

We need to change the conversation about journalism, and engaged journalists are on the front lines of public opinion. In the wake of Annapolis, let’s workshop ways to use engagement strategies to stand up for journalism. How can we answer comments from complainers and haters? Join Joy Mayer to continue the discussion.

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WTF Just Happened Today and Reciprocal Relationships with Audiences

Matt Kiser, WTFJHT | June 2018

On his community page, Matt Kiser describes WTF Just Happened Today as “your guide to the daily shock and awe in national politics.” What started as a personal project to chronicle the new administration has turned into Kiser’s full-time job, and he couldn’t do it without the help of his readers.

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How Vox Used Crowdsourcing to Bring Transparency to Emergency Room Fees

Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn, Vox Media | June 2018

In October 2017, Vox launched a year-long crowdsourcing project to collect readers’ emergency room bills and bring more transparency to these costs. At the time of producing this case study, Vox has collected more than 1,500 bills since launching the project and produced multiple stories.

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How NBC Left Field’s Tag Project Engaged With Audience Members to Tell Their Stories

Payton Bruni | May 2018

NBC Left Field is a short documentary unit established by NBC News in 2017. The project team set out to create a number of new series geared towards social media platforms and bridge the gap between audiences and journalists. One of these series, Tag, strives to engage with its viewers and create loyal followers by crowdsourcing their video topics.

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How Italy’s Cittadini Reattivi Civic Journalism Project is Helping Local Communities

Patty Torchia | April 2018

Cittadini Reattivi is an online Italian crowd-sourced civic journalism project focused on health, the environment, and judicial issues. The project serves those who live in areas affected by pollution. Since founder and editor Rosy Battaglia launched the project in 2013, she has been able to gather user-generated story ideas, some of which led to new journalistic investigations.

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Community Information Needs

Ben DeJarnette, Brideliner, Civil Beat, Jesse Hardman, Listening Post Collective, Mariko Chang | April 2018

We chatted on finding and filling local information needs: How do you find out what your community needs to know? How do you identify information gaps? And once you’ve found them, how does that knowledge play into what you decide to cover? Join the discussion with Ben DeJarnette of Bridgeliner, Jesse Hardman of The Listening Post, and Mariko Chang of Civil Beat.

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How Free Press’ News Voices Used Journalism to Support Community Building

Gordon Klco | March 2018

In 2015, Free Press launched News Voices after recognizing that community members aren’t often included in the discussions around how communities get news or how journalists could better serve the communities they work in. The program started in New Jersey with World Cafe style listening forums where community members could share their concerns with journalists.

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Membership Programs

Caroline Kitchener, Emily Goligoski, Gracie McKenzie, Matthew Peterson, Membership Puzzle Project, The Atlantic | March 2018

How can membership programs help news organizations build and reward loyalty? What can we do to celebrate and build relationships with our most committed users? Join Emily Goligoski of Membership Puzzle Project, Matthew Peterson of The Atlantic, Caroline Kitchener of The Atlantic, and Gracie McKenzie of The Atlantic to discuss it.

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How The Listening Post Collective Identified Community Information Needs in Omaha

Burgess Brown, Jesse Hardman | February 2018

In 2017, The Listening Post Collective, with support from an Omaha based foundation, conducted an Information Ecosystem Assessment in north Omaha, Nebraska. The resulting assessment maps the existing media and information ecosystem and offers examples and suggestions of steps that may improve access to information and news coverage of north Omaha.

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How KALW’s Hey Area Project Used Hearken to Listen to Listeners

Riley Stevenson | February 2018

In early 2016, San Francisco public radio station KALW started using the engagement tool Hearken to interact with its audience and create relevant stories. The collaborative reporting project, called Hey Area, has yielded about 15 long and 15 short stories so far — all based on ideas generated by audience members.

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How WBEZ Launched Curious City and Started the Curious Project

Bridget Thoreson | January 2018

Jennifer Brandel wanted to know: what would happen if the public was brought in to the editorial process? As an independent producer and reporter at WBEZ in Chicago, the question had weighed on her, and in 2012 she founded Curious City through an initiative with the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR).

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