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Local that Works

Five finalists will vie for the $20,000 Local that Works grand prize

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | September 24, 2020

Entries related to COVID-19, at-home learning, police misconduct and stories of immigrants and incarcerated people rose to the top.

Local that Works contest opens with bigger cash prize, database of ‘ideas worth stealing’

Pennsylvania stations collaborate on multimedia response to opioid crisis

KMUW’s ‘Democracy on Tap’ assembles new town square with happy-hour vibe

North Country project on work is ‘embedded into the life of the station’

Local That Works

Got questions about the Local that Works contest?

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | August 14, 2020

We answer your questions about the 2020 Local that Works contest and the $20,000 grand prize as the Aug. 20 entry deadline nears.

Local That Works

We announce the four finalists in our 2019 Local That Works contest

By Karen Everhart, Managing Editor | September 5, 2019

For the first time, a nonprofit news organization and a statewide public TV collaboration advance to the winner’s round.

Programs/Content

North Country Public Radio project collects photos to trace a changing northern New York

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | August 3, 2017

NCPR is building an open-source platform to collect photos of locals working from the earliest days of permanent settlement in the region to the present.