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Borderless Magazine’s Engagement Reporter Diane Bou Khalil and Art Director Michelle Kanaar talk to migrants getting off buses at Chicago Union Station in September. Photo by Jesus J. Montero for Borderless Magazine
October 11, 2022
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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.

Bevin Christie
October 10, 2022
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Newsrooms’ service roles need to be grounded in community relationships

Building trust in a community requires listening and unlearning: a discussion with Bevin Christie.

Brandon Silvers (right) and John Wilson (left), director of community engagement for Charleston Batter, discuss sports at a live recording of Beyond the Arc with Brandon Silvers, at The Alley Charleston, a local food and entertainment venue. Photo: Fernando Soto | TPB
October 6, 2022
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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.

Missouri on Mic: History is today
October 5, 2022
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‘Nobody wants to hear what I have to say…’

Making community connection the lede.

Illustration of a money bag, a clock and a person considering something.
October 4, 2022
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Local news leadership transitions require budgets, bandwidth and a breadth of skills

Sara Shahriari of INN shares insights on the challenges of succession planning for nonprofit news organizations.

A flow chart of text boxes and arrows shows a progression of messages and triggering criteria, from a welcome message to a list of resources.
October 3, 2022
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Creating an affordable text system for your community centered newsroom

SMS systems are often expensive, pay per a text plans can make it affordable.

Map of the Mississippi Basin
September 29, 2022
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Growing collaborative local journalism means expecting the unexpected

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, based at the University of Missouri, is finding creative ways to navigate a perpetual struggle: how to make our free, collaborative content so available and relevant that it’s a no-brainer for any local newsroom to join in.

A screenshot of a Lighthouse report on an article in The Texas Tribune.
September 28, 2022
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Making sense of your core web vitals

Learn how the loading speed, accessibility and other performance metrics of your news site stacks up.

Photo: Joshua Rawson-Harris | Unsplash
September 27, 2022
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What journalists are saying about Muslims in the news media

Community voices.

The exact moment that a flash bang grenade hit Aubreanna Inda, 26, on the 10th day of protests following the police murder of George Floyd, shortly after midnight on Monday, June 8, 2020, in Seattle. Inda was rushed to the hospital as medics and protesters performed CPR. Doctors would later tell Inda that she lost a pulse three times that night. Photo: Megan Farmer | KUOW Photo
September 26, 2022
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Acknowledging the toll

Why we need trauma-informed safety training for journalists.

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