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Informal gatherings with residents of a South Sacramento neighborhood helped Capital Public Radio set the editorial direction for a new podcast while drawing back the curtain on the reporting process.
“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.
The partnership, initiated last fall, extends CP’s educational initiative for high school students and veterans into a third city and the first library location.
How KPCC used design thinking to extend the reach and impact of its coverage of early childhood education.
“Don’t try to tack listening onto a performance or ‘normal’ event — make listening the entire point.”
Capital Public Radio relied on live events, local experts and media partnerships to examine a taboo topic in California’s rural Amador County.
The winner of Current’s Local That Works contest, Alaska Public Media’s “Community in Unity” events tackled topics including racism, immigration and incarceration.
Fans of “Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace” “find something in it that resonates with them, makes them feel like they are empowered to walk into work and can change things for the better,” says a co-host.
The Lenfest Institute announced Tuesday a second round of funding to help newsrooms listen to and build trust with audiences.