Cara Kuhlman is the founder of Future Tides, which, according to its website, “covers how people work, play and live on the Pacific Northwest’s waterways.” She will build a digital guidebook to help newsrooms engage in walking tours as a medium for local journalism. It will include a framework to help local publishers assess if tours are a good fit, the basics for getting started, and models for how to leverage tours for funding, audience engagement and impactful reporting.

“In many ways, local journalists are already tour guides, so I’m fascinated about taking that a step further in a way that strengthens local news,” Kuhlman said.