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Local that Works spotlights innovative media initiatives to expand, engage, diversify, serve local audiences and create civic value. LTW is an annual contest, database, a reporting project, and a webinar series. The 2021 contest will open mid-July. The Grand Prize is $20,000. Sign up for Current’s newsletter to receive announcements about the Local that Works competition, entry form, content and events.
Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | In our latest Local that Works webinar, leaders from the North Carolina station shared how they’ve created a culture of openness and risk-taking.
Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | Watch our Local that Works webinar about how City Bureau is engaging diverse audiences, training grassroots journalists and holding government agencies accountable.
“Everyone deserves a chance to share their truth unmitigated because we all have so much to learn from the way incarcerated people process trauma and grief, which also happens on the outside.”
By equipping student reporters with microphones, they can provide a unique insight into how the pandemic has disrupted schools and how the last year has upended any sense of normalcy for today’s youth.
The Reno station’s engagement efforts have led to authentic interactions with the Spanish-speaking community while delivering critical information.
Stephanie Mirah, Former Editorial Intern | The VPM + ICA Community Media Center is a free and public recording studio and workspace that aims to make creating podcasts more accessible.
With its new Minutes project, the station is making city council meetings more accessible while helping its reporters find stories.
“The idea was, how can we listen to people in their neighborhood and tell their stories?”
Tyler Falk, Reporter | The nonprofit news organization won $20,000 in Current’s annual competition.
Julie Drizin, Executive Director | Entries related to COVID-19, at-home learning, police misconduct and stories of immigrants and incarcerated people rose to the top.