Citizen and community news
Why your news outlet needs an on-the-ground strategy
Borderless Magazine’s Diane Bou Khalil shares guidance for meeting community members where they’re at.
Newsrooms’ service roles need to be grounded in community relationships
Building trust in a community requires listening and unlearning: a discussion with Bevin Christie.
The People’s Beat: Finding the right pace as a startup newsroom
Diversifying tasks and coverage while finding solutions to the challenges of being a startup led by people of color.
‘Nobody wants to hear what I have to say…’
Making community connection the lede.
Craft a utility content strategy to better serve your community during natural disasters
NOLA.com organized their evergreen content, prepared templates and planned a strategy to make sure their community will have the vital information they need.
‘Who’s going to run it?’
The pause before buying a rural newspaper — can you attract an editor to a small town?
Building a visual storytelling experience in Newspack
Newspack streamlines publisher content, but creative storytelling can be a challenge.
RJI helps rural Missouri newspaper hit its digital stride with Potter Digital Ambassadors program
Small-town community newspapers are seeing a resurgence as regional chains reclaim them from national conglomerates and re-center them on local news. But some of the same factors that make these rural communities attractive markets also present roadblocks to building a modernized local news machine.
How listening sessions can connect you to the local community
Build trust and improve content coverage from direct contact with readers.
Founding The Optimist
Solution-focused journalism and community conversations for rural Minnesotans.