August 15, 2019
A news ecosystem is the network of people, institutions, and collaborations that local communities rely on for news, information, and engagement. Everything is in relationship to everything else. All communities…
July 16, 2019
City Bureau operates three main programs that “model a more democratic way of making media.”…
July 9, 2019
North Omaha Information Support for Everyone (NOISE) is a hyperlocal news initiative formed by and for Omaha’s predominantly black northside neighborhood.
July 9, 2019
This series of short profiles comes from the Wyncote Foundation’s 2019 Building Stronger Communities Through Media report, which we're republishing here over the next few months, with their permission.
February 15, 2019
by Nancy Watzman, illustration by Joyce Rice We admit: the term “news ecosystem” may have a certain hypnotic effect, lighting up circuits in the typical human brain to file under “jargon.” However, at the Democracy Fund,…
March 9, 2017
At first blush, New Orleans and the Jersey Shore might seem as different as étouffée and salt-water taffy. New Orleans is urban,…
February 23, 2017
Students and journalists work together to cover the 2016 Presidential Election as part of ProPublica’s Electionland project. Photo by Simon Galperin If you’re a…
February 4, 2016
Lessons from the Local News Lab — Part Four This is part four of six essays documenting what we have learned about building new networks for local news and…
April 22, 2015
In the wake of this week’s Pulitzer Prize announcements we learned that two of the journalists from the winning reporting teams have left journalism. One left…