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Tom Rachman ‘is telling this story at a perfect time as newspapers shed staff and costs and, in some cases, shut down their presses altogether.’

A novelist turned biographer places ‘[Marshall] McLuhan’s maddeningly difficult ideas in a recognizably human context.’

Youngsters made video games, and educators found that ‘hands-on activity helped kids to process news reporting. It also gave them ways to tell this story by integrating their perspectives as…

Interactive sites like Intersect ‘trace the contours of a story’s growth through the flow of time and place and offer viewers the chance to embed their stories into those being…

‘A new mindset emerged as the site’s gates swung open to community involvement. Now, community members are part of what we do every step along the way—and we are progressing…

‘Inestimable value comes out of making a human connection visible through something as ordinary as a half-time pep talk by a coach to his players.’

‘In community journalism, there is no place to hide, and if you want to hide, then you have no business in this business anyway.’

A bilingual sign in a local farmers’ market. Photo by Daniela Gerson.RELATED ARTICLE“Reporting Pushes Past Language and Ethnic Divides”– Daniela GersonThe Alhambra Source was born out of…

‘I yearned for grass-roots assessments of every community’s information ecology and widespread advocacy for stronger, more democratic media.’

The approach the Chicago News Cooperative is ‘trying to use journalism to create communities organized around an interest in the news.’