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Engagement

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America Amplified focuses 2024 election project on underserved communities 

By Alexia Partouche, Former Editorial Intern | August 23, 2023

CPB provided a $1.5 million grant backing expansion to newsrooms in all 50 states.

Education

How the Syracuse Journalism Lab is diversifying local reporting while training young journalists

By Ashley Kang, Lead Educator (Syracuse Journalism Lab) | July 28, 2023

The Syracuse Press Club and The Stand, a local nonprofit news outlet, teamed up to teach high-school students the basics of journalism.

Engagement

How tech challenges are hindering the practice of engaged journalism

By Ashley Alvarado, VP, Community Engagement + Strategic Initiatives (LAist) | July 6, 2023

While tools to engage community members in journalism are growing, they aren’t necessarily designed with the goals of innovative newsrooms in mind. And many of these tools don’t talk to one another.

Engagement

Beyond translation: How WNIJ created content specifically for the Latinx community

By Paola Marizán, Project Manager and Coach (America Amplified) | May 5, 2023

“‘If you build it, they will come’ isn’t really a strong strategy in an era of competing algorithms and news consumption silos,” said News Director Jenna Dooley.

Programs/Content

Stations seek alternatives as ITVS plans to shut down OVEE platform

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | February 3, 2023

ITVS will deactivate the streaming platform at the end of June.

Programs/Content

What America Amplified learned about engagement during the midterm elections

By Alisa Barba, Managing Editor (America Amplified) and Chelsea Naughton, Digital Content Manager (America Amplified) | January 26, 2023

America Amplified’s focus on the mechanics of voting highlighted the challenges of reaching beyond public media’s current audiences.

Engagement

How a community radio station got help from listeners in covering what matters to Mainers

By Diane Reinhardt, Contributor (Pacifica Network) | November 8, 2022

WERU’s “Maine: The Way Life Could Be” built on a Zoom conversation to explore climate change, affordable housing and other topics.

Engagement

Stations engage underrepresented communities with election resources 

By Abby Turner, Former Editorial Intern | November 8, 2022

Public broadcasters have been preparing underserved communities for Tuesday’s elections with projects focused on where and how to vote, as well as topics they’ll find on the ballot.

Engagement

For Syracuse’s The Stand, a resident’s crusade against violence became a story with impact

By Ashley Kang, Lead Educator (Syracuse Journalism Lab) | November 1, 2022

The hyperlocal publication enlisted community members to tell the story of Bernard Cannon, who takes weapons off the streets of Syracuse’s South Side.

Engagement

MPT grants boost local engagement campaigns around Douglass, Tubman documentaries

By Abby Turner, Former Editorial Intern | October 13, 2022

Nineteen stations are staging screenings, creating TikTok videos and highlighting student artwork, among other activities.

Engagement

Got a plan to engage Latino audiences? Test your big ideas against this checklist before moving forward

By Ernesto Aguilar, Director of Radio Programming (KQED) | October 12, 2022

The costs of bad Latina/o/e/x outreach can be fatal for your organization’s strategy, writes Ernesto Aguilar.

Engagement

How organizing a Photo Walk can build community and engage your audience

By Ashley Kang, Lead Educator (Syracuse Journalism Lab) | September 20, 2022

The collaborative gatherings can generate content before, during and long after the event while growing trust and creating lasting connections.

Programs/Content

For midterms, America Amplified will use community engagement to answer questions about voting

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | July 28, 2022

The project aims to give audiences and communities “information they need to participate in the midterm elections,” says Managing Editor Alisa Barba.

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Engagement

Engagement campaign around ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ documentary promotes awareness of youth mental illness

By Abigail Pritchard, Former Editorial Intern | June 28, 2022

Sixteen stations have received grants for screenings, trainings and panel discussions tied to the documentary.

Engagement

How CapRadio involved survivors in coverage of sexual assault

By Jennifer Brandel, CEO (Hearken) and jesikah maria ross, Senior Community Engagement Strategist (CapRadio) | April 26, 2022

The station relied on participatory journalism to inform its project “After the Assault,” which examined how support systems fall short in helping survivors heal and find justice.

System/Policy

Grants to Colorado radio stations will aid community engagement, elevate Indigenous voices

By Nina Heller, Former Editorial Intern | March 23, 2022

The Colorado Media Project grants will support initiatives at Rocky Mountain Community Radio, KSJD and KSUT.

Engagement

How CapRadio connected with rural audiences during the pandemic

By jesikah maria ross, Senior Community Engagement Strategist (CapRadio) and Olivia Henry, Former Participatory Journalism Fellow (CapRadio) | January 11, 2022

Even with omicron surging, your newsroom can still engage new communities.

Engagement

Knight Foundation funds engagement project for public radio

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | November 1, 2021

Southern California Public Radio received $230,000 for the yearlong project.

Engagement

5 takeaways from a KPCC/LAist engagement project with child care providers

By Stefanie Ritoper, Engagement Producer, Early Childhood Education (KPCC) | July 28, 2021

An ambitious multimedia initiative taught the Los Angeles station’s team “how to enrich our storytelling, broaden our relationships, and spark conversation.”

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Programs/Content

Michigan Radio partners with neighborhood organization to help inform coverage of Detroit

By Anna Brugmann, Former Editorial Intern | July 21, 2021

“The people that we cover need to have confidence that we are part of and care about their community and that we’re not just there to fill the airtime,” said News Director Vincent Duffy.

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