Lam Vo and Nicole Lewis and will build a resource to help local journalists boost civic engagement by developing and implementing a theory of change for their work. Through a theory of change, journalists will be better equipped to make decisions about who they most need to reach and how, in order to have the biggest impact.

“When it comes to effectively reaching disengaged people on or offline or figuring out how to generate the most impact with limited resources, journalists have a lot to learn from organizers who work tirelessly to reach people at the margins,” Lewis said. “A theory of change is one of those key tools.”

“It’s so important for us journalists to think more deeply what the purpose of our work is, who it is for and how we best engage those folks,” Vo added.