News Blog

The selected organizations are U.S. local and community-based media organizations that are alumni of the U.S.-based Table Stakes program and participated in the API Local News Summit for Belonging and Collaboration in July 2024.

Live events are an attractive platform for many local news organizations — they build brand awareness and trust, bring the community together and, of course, can be a source of revenue.

Examples of how newsrooms have spun up live events, products and third spaces to experiment with new sources of revenue while fostering community belonging.

Participating news organizations will receive $3,000 to establish connections and collaborate with local influencers or trusted messengers.

The newsrooms' shared curiosity and spirit of continuous learning will now support so many more news organizations than were present in this brief cohort. Here we share insights, templates and takeaways to support community-engaged journalists and capacity-building trust initiatives.

An agenda-planning tool developed by NEP based on the experiential learning cycle has four stages that break down ways adults connect with information and what kind of activities can support their learning.

All news outlets have stories that are central to the mission of their work, but aren’t necessarily the most popular with readers. Data gathered from tools like MFN can help find creative ways to maintain this important coverage in a way that resonates with the audience.

By creating conditions for listening to and honoring diverse perspectives, we build a shared understanding of how institutional barriers, historical inequities and systemic biases impact our teammates in distinct ways.

As stewards of the “first draft of history” in their community — and sometimes sitting on archives of historical significance as a result — news organizations and history can be a natural fit.

These types of convenings can be a model for mutual learning where researchers and news leaders can combine their respective knowledge, expertise and experiences to promote positive community relations and encourage community progress.