Programs/Content
For smaller stations, WYSO training program offers model for content on a budget
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The station’s Community Voices project has made its programming more diverse while also helping to grow revenue.
Programs/Content
Alaska station’s forums ‘break down walls’ between community members
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The winner of Current’s Local That Works contest, Alaska Public Media’s “Community in Unity” events tackled topics including racism, immigration and incarceration.
Programs/Content
KALW’s ‘The Intersection’ goes deep by staying in one place
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The radio show and podcast, a finalist in Current’s Local That Works contest, explores a changing San Francisco through the people and institutions that intersect at street corners.
Programs/Content
WGBY community texting program champions early childhood literacy
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Text 413 Families brings innovative educational experiences to parents’ fingertips.
Programs/Content
Series of conversations between prisoners and community members wins Current’s Local That Works contest
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Alaska Public Media’s “Community in Unity” initiative aims to “get people who wouldn’t normally interact in the same room.”
Programs/Content
Get inspired with our huge list of local content and engagement projects
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Stations and nonprofit news organizations have submitted more than 200 projects to our Local That Works competitions. See what they’ve been up to and steal their ideas.
Programs/Content
With community baby shower, Ohio news outlet puts healthy spin on ‘depressing topic’
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By celebrating healthy babies and moms, Richland Source aimed to draw attention to its county’s infant mortality problem.
System/Policy
Letter from the executive director: Announcing ‘Local that Works’ finalists
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Our panel of judges selected four projects that they believe deserve wider attention and adoption within public media.
Programs/Content
In Milwaukee, a station’s music education program shows power of community partnerships
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As one of public media’s only music-based youth programs, The Music Lab at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee shows how with long-term investments, bold marketing and strong talent, the right partnerships can make community engagement sustainable, scalable and cool.