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How The Trace Created a Resource Hub for Philadelphians Affected by Gun Violence

Sabrina Iglesias, The Trace | July 2021

Up the Block aims to gather resources on gun violence on a single website for Philadelphians to use and connect people with information on recovering from shootings, keeping young people safe, and holding local leaders accountable.

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How the Idaho News Organizations Collaborated to Engage Latino Students and their Families

Nicole Foy, Sami Edge | July 2021

The Latino Listening Project aims to fill potential gaps in education coverage and examine education inequities in the state’s school system based on Latino students’ unique experiences and their families.

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How Block Club Chicago Reporters are Effectively Answering Reader’s COVID-19 Questions

Block Club Chicago, Hannah Boufford | July 2021

The reporters at Block Club Chicago spent endless weeks covering COVID-19 stories and answering an influx of questions sent to the newsroom by worried readers, many of which had already been covered in their previous news stories.

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How Planet Detroit Keeps Readers Informed About Local Environmental Issues

Nina Ignaczak, Planet Detroit | July 2021

In hopes of giving people a space to pose questions about local environmental issues, the team launched Ask Planet Detroit. They wanted to bridge the gap between the segregated cities and suburbs of Detroit under the common goal of understanding environmental issues.

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How Documented uses WhatsApp to Help Undocumented Latinos Navigate Through COVID-19

Documented NY, Nicolas Rios | April 2021

Documented engages with its sources through a mobile app called WhatsApp. Users are able ask questions and raise concerns and can get professional answers quickly.

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How TMP’s NewsInside Reached the Incarcerated Community

Jenna Deml, The Marshall Project | April 2021

The Marshall Project’s NewsInside, a print publication distributed in prisons and jails, is a collection of TMP’s journalism that relates directly to incarcerated lives.

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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 The Stand Uses a Community Photo Walk to Build Bridges and Share Untold Stories

Payton Bruni | July 2018

The South Side Photo Walk, an annual workshop going on its ninth year held by Syracuse community newspaper The Stand, uses photography to bring people together and highlight a typical day in the South Side neighborhood of Syracuse, New York. Participants use photography to capture an aspect of the South Side community that is less frequently covered in the media.

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How Tri-State Public Media Used the ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? Podcast to Serve a More Diverse Community

Payton Bruni | June 2018

Headed by Tri-State Public Media (WNIN) producer Paola Marizán, the bilingual podcast ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? was established with the hopes of telling the stories of Latino community members living in the Midwest. Audience members are able to contribute to the podcast’s production by suggesting their story ideas and guest-starring in podcast episodes.

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How WAYM’s “This is Baltimore” Helped Baltimore Youth Challenge Negative Stereotypes

Jeff Collet | March 2018

A day after the funeral of Freddie Gray and the subsequent escalation of protest violence, and in response to the narrowly focused reporting of national and local news outlets on the Baltimore Uprising, Wide Angle Youth Media (WAYM) students and staff felt compelled to use their documentary skills to collect positive images of Baltimore youth. 

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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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