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The American Press Institute is hosting a local summit on October 9-10 in Washington, D.C., to empower news leaders in enhancing residents’ leadership and influence over their community’s information ecosystem.

Greenbaum brings almost 30 years of news media experience to API, and he most recently served as chief operating officer at Lehigh Valley Public Media and chief content officer at PBS 39, both in Bethlehem, Pa.

An event that celebrates your community can coalesce those identities — and establish local media as the conveners, recordkeepers and storytellers of your community yesterday and today.

In Southern California, the Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation is pioneering collaborations with local historical societies to help support the journalists of today — while working to ensure that the stories of yesteryear are preserved and rediscovered.

These partnerships can help rebuild trust in local media by including more voices and perspectives, and they offer a foundation for repair, restoration and reinvention. They weave the community together, fostering multidirectional conversations, a shared sense of place and joint ownership over our civic future.

As director of inclusion and audience growth, Harris-Taylor will continue API’s efforts to drive organizational and cultural transformation while sharpening its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. She’ll also work to deepen API’s partnerships with community organizations and non-news experts.

Diving into local history can be a great way to reach new audiences and cultivate a sense of place, but some communities already have a strong identity that can be tapped into as well. That’s exactly what Block Club Chicago has built its merchandising strategy around

This transition comes as API continues supporting local and community newsrooms, advancing journalistic sustainability and programming for equity and belonging in media.

How four Nashville summit participants are fostering local identity within their communities and ways you can try similar efforts in your own newsroom.

With a relevant topic, rich storytelling material and a timely hook in hand, you now have the raw ingredients to develop historical programming that resonates.