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The chasm between the coastal media centers and the country’s heartland is laid bare. Deep discontent, long simmering in the manufacturing Midwest and Appalachian coal country, went largely unrecognized until…

‘… Alhambra Source has revealed significant lessons about the power of journalism to build community in diverse and underserved areas.’

While much attention is focused on how to “fix” journalism, the bigger problem is fixing advertising to pay for the news. For me, Detroit143 is, in part, about reinventing what…

Community members come together to examine Detroit’s financial challenges. Photo by Ellen Jacob.RELATED ARTICLES“Focusing a New Kind of Journalism on a City’s Needs”– Bill Mitchell“A New Partnership to Build a…

Detroit’s challenges hold the attention of those who reside in its 143 square miles. Photo by Ellen Jacob.RELATED ARTICLES“Focusing a New Kind of Journalism on a City’s Needs”– Bill Mitchell“A…

‘… residents need to have journalism delivered as they want to consume it and in ways that will encourage them to move beyond absorbing news to acting on it.’

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…

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

TBD’s community engagement team listens—and responds—in a city where everyone is talking: Washington, D.C.

Bell’s public officials went from having no coverage to an onslaught of media attention after the Los Angeles Times uncovered officials’ outsized pay. Here, reporters interview the only City Council…