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Yvette Castañeda addresses the panel of journalists at the Covering Your Community first event Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at St. Agnes of Bohemia School in Little Village in Chicago. Photo: Raquel Zaldivar
November 1, 2021
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Our first community conversation

Takeaways and feedback from our first conversation with communities in Chicago.

Map of the United States with tornado icons over midwestern and southern states
October 27, 2021
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Why newsrooms should invest in animation

Animation adds new opportunities for engaging different audiences, and that could help your bottom line.

How to become a mentor or sponsor
October 18, 2021
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How to become a mentor or sponsor

It can feel daunting and overwhelming to shape someone’s career. Here’s a few easy ways to get started.

Alt text: A screenshot of the Twitter alt-text editor. Hannah is using dark mode, so the editor appears on a black background. The heading reads “Write alt-text.” And it is above an image with the following alt-text description written beneath: Forest green crocheted fabric with a pink crochet hook sits on Hannah’s lap in the airplane. She’s in a Southwest plane and the red and white safety card can be seen poking out of the blue seat pocket in front of her.”
October 14, 2021
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Alt-text is journalism: Enhancing your reporting with accessibility

Learning to write alt-text can deepen your reporting and improve how you tell stories online.

Putting Airtable to work in your newsroom
October 13, 2021
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Putting Airtable to work in your newsroom

From surveying readers to tracking impact, it can do a lot more than a spreadsheet.

The locations of current Documenter programs. Image: Documenters/City Bureau
October 11, 2021
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Q&A with Darryl Holliday: Lessons in training everyday people to document public events

“I think people get it much more quickly than journalists will give them credit for.”

A tweet from Kent C. Dodds using special characters to demonstrate how inaccessible this style of Twitter meme is to people who use screen readers or assistive technology. The tweet reads: “You this it's cute to write your tweets and usernames this way. But have you listened to what it sounds like with assistive technologies like VoiceOver?”
October 7, 2021
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Digital accessibility is a cultural shift newsrooms need now

You don’t need to be an engineer or web developer to make your work accessible to disabled audiences.

Understanding the photography and video needs of smaller newsrooms
October 6, 2021
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Understanding the photography and video needs of smaller newsrooms

Local outlets struggle to find and pay visual journalists.

Image by Mudassar Iqbal from Pixabey
October 5, 2021
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Small publishers can build meaningful engagement practices without more time or resources

It will help you serve the people who are most on board with your mission — and most likely to read and need your reporting.

Illustration: Black Illustrations
October 4, 2021
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Redesign your live meeting agenda doc with these templates

How to prioritize people who are participating on their own time.

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