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Editing content on Xiumi
March 22, 2023
Citizen and community news

How to operate a WeChat newsletter with the help of the community

We introduced using WeChat for newsletters in the last article, including how to create a newsletter and the importance of WeChat in the Chinese community. The next step is to figure out how to operate a newsletter consistently, especially when there are not enough Chinese speakers in the newsroom to give the newsletter leads a … Continued

Staff members of Westplex Media Group. Owner Tim Schmidt is second from right.
March 14, 2023
Citizen and community news

These newspaper chain owners live where they publish

Local groups buy back community newspapers from big chains and invest in journalism.

WeChat setup page screenshot
March 6, 2023
Citizen and community news

Creating an audio newsletter to serve local Chinese communities

WeChat subscriptions and how to build your own.

A screenshot of a webpage mockup for the Sun. There is a turquoise banner running horizontally across the top of the page, with navigation options for the website written in white, serif text on the left side. White social media buttons and a red button that read “Support Us” is on the right of the banner. Below the banner is a white space with the Sun’s logos. The left logo is in English and the right logo is in Spanish. A dark gray banner runs horizontally below the banners, with additional navigation options in white, serif text. The bottom half of the screenshot shows a photo of a girl’s soccer team. The players are wearing white and blue jerseys. There is a coach to the left of them and a coach to the right of them. The coaches are wearing black. Above the photo is the title of the page and the league for the team. It is titled “Tiger’s Soccer — 2023 Squad.” Below the photo to the left is a caption and a paragraph describing the team’s season. Below the photo to the right is the team’s schedule.
February 28, 2023
Citizen and community news

Harnessing the power of communities to reinvent local journalism

Through communication and outreach, we are building a network of community members who are highly engaged with high school sports to contribute to the Sun.

Current and former West Chicago residents Erika Bartlett, Julieta Alcantar-Garcia, Mike Merrion, and Ester Escamilla Hughes talk about the effects of thorium contamination on their lives at Pioneer Park in West Chicago, Ill., Sunday, June 5, 2022. Photo: Jonathan Aguilar | Borderless Magazine
February 23, 2023
Citizen and community news

How a Chicago News outlet changed its approach after community listening

Listening is just the beginning. News outlets must also make changes to their editorial and engagement strategies in response to what their community says.

This is me with my husband Ben Decker and our kid Jude on December 10, 2022, when we were all healthy enough to see a holiday show in St. Cloud, MN.
February 21, 2023
Citizen and community news

How being a solopreneur has forced me to reckon with my limitations

Learning to set boundaries while I launch a news organization — amid a pandemic — is as important as learning to market and fundraise.

The Outlier Media newsroom welcomed Detroiters in person to hear their input on transit needs and coverage. This kind of effort is an example of the near future contemplated by the Roadmap for Local News. Photo: Nick Hagen
February 10, 2023
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A roadmap for a way out of this mess

New report helps chart a path away from local news of old toward civic information systems.

Potter Listening Tour
February 6, 2023
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A new ‘Potter Listening Tour:’ Local newspapers can still work, even with different paths

A different kind of “right sizing,” grants and donations, and tinkering with the balance of online and print are some of the ways.

Outreach graphic Heather Wang | AfroLA
January 26, 2023
Citizen and community news

How a newly founded newsroom is building community connections

AfroLA is making data-informed decisions to meet audiences where they are.

Missouri School of Journalism students and Moberly, Missouri, residents discuss attitudes toward the news at a community meeting on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
December 15, 2022
Citizen and community news

Rebuilding trust in media one community at a time 

Our readers, viewers and listeners must become our advocates.

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