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Citizen and community news

The Green Line uses TikTok to connect their audience with public meeting coverage from Documenters, who are paid and trained community members who record meeting notes.
July 10, 2025
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Taking public meeting notes to TikTok — and making it actionable

How to experiment with video formats for the Documenters program.

CivicLex created a suggestion box on the theme of “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” to connect with their future growth as an organization. Photo: Emily Lytle
June 24, 2025
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From stickers to suggestion boxes, centering audience in your growth

CivicLex is relaunching its website and newsletter: Here’s how community engagement came first.

Community-Centered Symposium attendees
May 7, 2025
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12 community-centered news projects

From positivity polls to print editions and photo contests, newsrooms across the country tried a new-to-them idea.

Screenshot of the Granby Drummer website.
April 9, 2025
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Rural towns give rise to ‘volunteer journalism’

Community members step in when professional newsrooms die. News is driven by duty, not dollars.

Man shows clipboard with photos to a boy while a woman holding a clipboard looks on.
March 24, 2025
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Re-evaluating what news delivery looks like at CivicLex

Centering the community’s needs while finding an innovative format.

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March 17, 2025
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Atlanta POV: Listening to community at scale

Atlanta Civic Circle collaborated with Neighborhood Nexus to build a listening tool to bring in revenue and build connection.

Care and Collaboration Toolkit
December 5, 2024
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The Care & Collaboration Toolkit

A new guide to implementing practices that care for, and center, journalists in news organizations.

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November 19, 2024
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Creative ways to connect your community with resources

A conversation with Adrienne Johnson Martin.

Canopy Atlanta’s community resource hub built using Jotform
November 13, 2024
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Create a community resource hub using a free interactive tool

From food assistance to translation services, how Canopy Atlanta shares resources.

Alicia Ramirez, publisher of The Riverside Record, drops off zines at the Moreno Valley Public Library in California. Photo: Alicia Ramirez
October 29, 2024
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Using zines to share public service, civic information

From printing on a budget to distributing strategically: what you need to know.

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