Stories About Emily Lytle
Creative ways to connect your community with resources
A conversation with Adrienne Johnson Martin.
Create a community resource hub using a free interactive tool
From food assistance to translation services, how Canopy Atlanta shares resources.
Using zines to connect with a hyper-specific audience
Print is not dead: A conversation with Sarah Bennett Working with artists and journalists at all skill levels in her print shop, Sarah Bennett is familiar with tailoring zines to meet the needs of different producers and audiences. The Innovation in Focus team met with Bennett to talk about some of the common challenges she … Continued
Tips and tools for building an impact report grounded in your mission
A conversation with Sarah Luyengi from Borderless When creating impact reports at Borderless Magazine, Sarah Luyengi, operations associate, said she thinks about an aspect of the news organization’s mission: Community is at the center of everything they do. In a recent interview with the Innovation in Focus team, Luyengi defined impact as how Borderless consistently … Continued
Tips for communicating your newsroom’s impact
Templates and lessons learned from the Flathead Beacon’s first report.
How we built a statewide election map
A simple, no-code solution to sharing voting information and four additional tools for your newsroom election projects.
Early lessons from elections roundtables in West Virginia
A conversation with Tyler Dedrick, Mountain State Spotlight.
How we aimed to center community voices in a candidate forum
A collaborative take on election debates.
How to deepen the impact of newsletter call to actions
A few wording, colors, style changes to increase subscribers through PublicSource newsletters.
Low-lift events that can spark meaningful storytelling and community connection
Lessons learned when we invited the community to write heartfelt letters In an effort to foster community engagement and connection, the Innovation in Focus team partnered with Vox Magazine on a multimedia story that came from a community pop-up event. After seeing examples of moving storytelling from newsrooms like El Tímpano, where their team gathered … Continued