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How the 2020 Election Roundtable Brought Together Voters For Open, Virtual Conversations

Philadelphia Inquirer | August 2022

The 2020 Election Roundtable was composed of twenty-four diverse voters from Pennsylvania. These individuals participated in a series of six open, virtual conversations about what is important to them. The prompt for each conversation was often inspired by the day’s news.

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How Civility Tennessee is Bringing Tennesseans Together in Conversation

David Plazas, The Tennessean | July 2021

Started in 2018 as a response to the growing polarization in the U.S., Civility Tennessee is a campaign “that seeks to model, promote and encourage civil discourse on issues of the day.”

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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 CapRadio Collaborated with the Meadowview Community to Construct Their Own Narrative

Capital Public Radio, jesikah maria ross, Maia Laperle | March 2021

CapRadio spent a year listening and learning about Sacramento’s Meadowview neighborhood which came to prominence as the place where police shot and killed Stephon Clark.

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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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How “Ask A…” Used Q&A Sessions to Bring Conversations Back in Style

Payton Bruni | February 2019

In 2016, after Donald Trump proposed a ban that would prevent Muslims from entering the U.S., KUOW radio station Executive Producer of Community Engagement, Ross Reynolds, wondered how he could provide people with the opportunity to learn about communities they may know nothing about. The answer he reached was the “Ask A…” project, a series of in-person events.

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How City of Disparity Addressed the Problems Affecting the People of Peoria

Payton Bruni | January 2019

In 2015 the business website 24/7 Wall St. released a report that ranked Peoria, Illinois, as one of the 10 worst cities to live in for African Americans in the United States. Following the report, the Journal Star newsroom of Peoria launched City of Disparity, a year-long reporting project that examined the city’s disparities.

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How Feeding the Future Used Engagement Journalism to Tackle Climate Change and Agriculture

Payton Bruni | November 2018

In order to take a different route in covering climate change and agriculture, MPR News, the news service of Minnesota Public Radio, launched Feeding the Future, an engagement journalism project set on informing its audience members and identifying solutions to a rapidly changing climate.

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How Alaska Public Media Uses Face-to-Face Public Conversations to Tackle Important Community Issues

Payton Bruni | August 2018

Community in Unity, created by Alaska Public Media, invites residents of Alaska to sit down and participate in face-to-face discussions in order to tackle relevant community issues. Recorded for radio broadcast, the group conversations have included topics ranging from homelessness to race and identity with the hopes of getting people who wouldn’t normally meet together.

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How the Jefferson Center Used Citizens Juries to Engage Audiences in Civic Participation

Olivia Henry | May 2018

Under the banner of Informed Citizen Akron/Your Vote Ohio, The Jefferson Center organized three, three-day deliberative events that were part of a broader effort to improve election narratives in Ohio. That effort included conducting four statewide polls to determine residents’ top policy concerns.

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How Civil Beat’s Civil Café Facilitates Community Dialogue and Discussion Through Public Meetups

Danny Peterson | April 2018

Civil Beat’s Civil Café series convenes influencers and knowledge experts to debate and discuss important Hawaii issues in front of an active and engaged audience. Most discussions are moderated by a Civil Beat editor or reporter, and cover timely and topical issues complementary to Civil Beat reporting like climate change, legislative issues, and economic welfare.

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How The Seattle Times Used Innovative Engagement Strategies to Promote Discussions About Race

Elaine Uchison | March 2018

The Seattle Times launched Under Our Skin, a multimedia project aimed at fostering meaningful and honest conversations about race in the region. The site features video interviews with 18 community members from diverse backgrounds reflecting on and talking about a set of terms commonly used in conversations and debates about race. 

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