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Future Tides Founder & Editor Cara Kuhlman leads a free walking tour along the Seattle waterfront June 12, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Wiatr
August 11, 2025
Revenue strategies

Why walking tours offer another medium for local journalism

Let’s step outside and take a walk with our community.

Cristal Sanchez, center, speaks with community members about Spotlight Delaware en Español at the local Latin American Community Center. Photo courtesy of the Latin American Community Center.
August 6, 2025
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Digital and in-person strategies that go beyond translation

How to grow your readership with culturally competent content.

Screenshot from Documented's homepage
August 5, 2025
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Is your community not engaging with news? Try listening to them first

Documented, a NY-based newsroom serving immigrants, uses a circular journalism model focusing on the needs of its communities.

AI-generated illustration featuring three people in profile with a simplified image of a newspaper, a bullhorn and a lighbulb above their heads, with curved lines wth arrowheads in the background.
July 29, 2025
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Why journalists need a theory of change

A simple framework to help us decide how to put our limited resources to use.

Everlit overview dashboard
July 15, 2025
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Using audio automation to engage with audiences

Implementing the text-to-audio tool Everlit.

Here we see that the majority of respondents cited lack of time as a reason for not interacting with local government.
July 2, 2025
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Simplifying civic engagement with local government

Hello from Sioux Falls, South Dakota!

An example of a news tip automated to be sent from Airtable to Slack
July 1, 2025
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How a new workflow aims to strengthen community relationships through news tips

A guide for streamlining news tips with Airtable, Slack.

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.

Cincinnati CityBeat published its personal ad submissions in a slideshow online and in a print paper.
June 16, 2025
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Reviving personal ads

A conversation with Brent Stroud at Cincinnati CityBeat.

Pitch a Pal! Let Pittsburgh's eligible singles know why they should date your friend! Pittsburgh CityPaper
June 9, 2025
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Personal ads drive community engagement for alt-weekly

How we worked with Pittsburgh City Paper to create a modern-day personals section.

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