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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
Community

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
Community

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
Community

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
Community

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
Community

Re-evaluating what news delivery looks like at CivicLex

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

Atlanta POV subscription ad
March 17, 2025
Community

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.

Person stands in a field with a camera on a tripod photographing a massive storm cloud formation.
February 26, 2025
Community

Climate News Task Force brings newsrooms together to enhance reach and impact of climate journalism

The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism is helping bring 11 newsrooms together from around the country to improve and disseminate climate journalism.

Care and Collaboration Toolkit
December 5, 2024
Community

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
Community

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
Community

Create a community resource hub using a free interactive tool

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

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