Author: Lamar
12 innovative community news projects that built trust and relationships
From student-led newsletters to cafecitos and audio history, the Community-Centered Symposium helped newsrooms and support orgs connect with their communities.
Investigate Midwest
Investigate Midwest built a centralized impact tracking system in Airtable to better document how our journalism is amplified and how it creates change over time.
Feet in 2 Worlds
Feet in 2 Worlds brought back our virtual workshops focused on audio journalism techniques, “Interviewing for Audio” — a two-day course.
American Press Institute
In March, the American Press Institute launched a community dinner for our audience of news leaders and product thinkers.
Conecta Arizona
Cafecito en el Jardín 2026, was developed as a direct outcome of my participation in the Reynolds Journalism Institute Community-Centered Symposium, where I focused on strategies to deepen audience engagement and expand reach for Conecta Arizona.
LION Publishers
This was the first time in my role as Community Manager at LION that I’ve created a project with the goal of deepening a cohort’s engagement with each other virtually.
Charlottesville Tomorrow
Community Engagement Lead Sabrina Feggans and Community Editor Atlee Webber piloted a new, traveling community engagement series called Coffee & Conversation.
How the Columbia Missourian took an issues-based approach to election coverage
A sortable voter’s guide allows readers to see candidate responses to key issues.
How to embrace Nextdoor for News to grow local reach
Missouri Business Alert tried Nextdoor for News for a year, here’s what we learned.
Introducing the 2026-2027 RJI Fellows
The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has selected the 2026 class of RJI Professional Innovation Fellows, who will work to build free, open-source resources for journalists.