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A community-driven reporting flow that goes beyond “information needs”
How El Tímpano’s feedback loop is designed to address community questions and amplify community voices
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In the United States, we work on community-based media projects that expand two-way conversations between audiences and media producers. Internews supports the Listening Post Collective which provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.
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UC Berkeley Earth Journalism Students Cover Whales, COVID-19 and Fire
For the eighth year in a row, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) collaborated with the UC Berkeley Graduate of School of Journalism (JSchool) to support a semester-long Earth Journalism cou
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Virtual discussion: How to cover a watershed as a beat
The Internews Earth Journalism Network and From the Source are hosting a free virtual discussion for journalists on
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Podcast: The Listening Post Collective Listens to Local Media Mavens
Newsrooms are being pushed to confront their lack of diversity and grapple with ever present sustainability issues, and journalists around the US continue to cover BLM protests and the COVID-19 pandemic all the w
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The Listening Post Collective to Support and Grow Innovative Storytelling Project in New Orleans
With support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Internews’ Listening Post Collective will incubate Lede New Orleans, a startup community media organization led by former Times-Picayune journalist Jennifer Larino and filmmaker Ejaaz Mason.
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Discussion Links Environmental, Racial Justice Issues
Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) held a discussion on environmental justice issues and how they intersect with public health and are often compounded by deep, embedded racial and social inequities.
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JMR’S Participatory Journalism Playbook
July 17, 2020
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Humboldt Area Foundation Launches Project to Support Local Media
(Internews and other regional partners are working with Access Humboldt to promote community voices to strengthen local media reporting and citizen journalism.)
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Grassroots Movements for Local News
Free Press’ News Voices project recently hosted a conversation with community organizers and journalists who are creating inspiring local-news initiatives from scratch.
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3 Ways Local News Initiatives Are Serving Crucial COVID-19 Information to People in News Deserts
Engagement collaborations, texting platforms, community media are trying to reach people in underserved communities where journalists are scarce.