Local That Works
Sahan Journal wins 2020 Local that Works contest
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The nonprofit news organization won $20,000 in Current’s annual competition.
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Local that Works spotlights initiatives at nonprofit and public media organizations to be more local. LTW is an annual contest, database and reporting project.
The nonprofit news organization won $20,000 in Current’s annual competition.
Stations and nonprofit news organizations have submitted more than 350 projects to our Local That Works competitions. See what they’ve been up to and steal their ideas.
“We have never produced a product that people were this excited about and wanted this much,” says Scott Lewis, VOSD’s chief editor.
Seven public stations wanted to demonstrate the difference public media could make in responding to a statewide epidemic. The content has helped generate more than 31,000 calls to a 1-800 help line.
Wichita is a ”big little city with real issues and ambitions,” says Sarah Jane Crespo. She created events where listeners learn about and discuss issues affecting the city.
The Detroit station’s “Framed” series aims to “reflect the lives of the people we’re here to serve.”
For the first time, a nonprofit news organization and a statewide public TV collaboration advance to the winner’s round.
Tell Current what your station is doing to become more engaging, relevant, sustainable and local, and you could win fame and fortune.
“We’re basically raising the next generation of WTMD listeners at the shows,” said Sam Sessa, WTMD’s Baltimore music coordinator.
“It makes me really hopeful to see collaborations like this happen because they help us accomplish more than … we’d be able to alone,” says Rory Linnane, lead reporter of “Kids in Crisis” for USA Today Network-Wisconsin.