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Here are resources to help local newsrooms cover the coronavirus pandemic and adapt to remote work Link toHere are resources to help local newsrooms cover the coronavirus pandemic and adapt to remote work

Updated on April 7, 2020 As COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States, local newsrooms are being forced to…

How student journalists launched a Spanish-language news site to serve Chicago’s Latinx community Link toHow student journalists launched a Spanish-language news site to serve Chicago’s Latinx community

This January, a new newsroom launched in Chicago: La DePaulia.  With a team of 15 editors and writers, La DePaulia…

With a print-first focus, The West End Phoenix is trying to fill a local news gap in Toronto Link toWith a print-first focus, The West End Phoenix is trying to fill a local news gap in Toronto

Last month, about 60 volunteer newspaper delivery people spread out across Toronto’s West dropping off copies of The West End…

How journalists can use creativity, compassion, and community to solve ‘gnarly’ challenges Link toHow journalists can use creativity, compassion, and community to solve ‘gnarly’ challenges

Over the course of two days in October 2018, more than 130 people gathered at a Seattle co-working space to…

Wrapping up 2019 and looking ahead to 2020 Link toWrapping up 2019 and looking ahead to 2020

2019 was a rough year for journalism. 3,160 North American news jobs were lost this year, according to The Columbia…

Science News is partnering with News Co/Lab to promote media literacy through transparency Link toScience News is partnering with News Co/Lab to promote media literacy through transparency

The internet is constantly overrun with new studies that make dubious claims about everything from climate change to how you…

Here’s how The Salt Lake Tribune crowdfunded $31,000 to support a Report for America journalist Link toHere’s how The Salt Lake Tribune crowdfunded $31,000 to support a Report for America journalist

The email landed in inboxes with an urgent question: “Will you support our efforts to bring you the local journalism…

Michigan State University graduate students are combining academic research and original journalism to report for local newsrooms Link toMichigan State University graduate students are combining academic research and original journalism to report for local newsrooms

Last year, The Lansing State Journal published a thoroughly reported story on the history of marijuana legalization in Michigan.  However,…

Lunch and learn: Inside KPCC’s Feeding the Conversation engagement series Link toLunch and learn: Inside KPCC’s Feeding the Conversation engagement series

Earlier this summer, a group of education reporters and editors from Southern California Public Radio sat down with a group…

The Discourse missed its fundraising campaign goal. Here’s what the Canadian news startup learned. Link toThe Discourse missed its fundraising campaign goal. Here’s what the Canadian news startup learned.

This spring, the Canadian news startup The Discourse launched a fundraising campaign. It was looking to grow its base of…

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