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If you are in a local or community-centered news organization and are working on projects that empower young people in your community or equip young talent for civic engagement, we encourage you to apply for a remaining spot at the API Local News Summit on Youth Trust and Civic Resilience.

When people realize their story matters, something fundamental changes. And the public conversation shifts in ways that strengthen communities and journalism.

When local newsrooms give people the tools and platforms for creative storytelling, they’re also building trust and supporting the creative and cultural health of their communities. Here's how for news leaders did just that.

If your regular leadership meeting isn’t a highlight of your week, month or quarter, then you need a reset. These are the exact meetings worth looking forward to — not for the information shared but for the connection that happens.

We mistake subject matter mastery for teaching acumen — knowing how to do something is not the same as teaching a room full of people how to do it in 45 minutes. The goal of this type of meeting should be capability transfer, not exposure, to move participants from passive listening to active doing.

The next phase, enabled by the Endowments’ two-year commitment of more than $150,000, will enable regular collaboration between Pittsburgh residents and local newsrooms.

We believe local news plays a critical role in cultivating local identity and civic engagement. But today’s youth need to be brought into a relationship with a local news institution just as they should be brought into and affirmed that they are active members of civic life today. That’s why we’ll convene our API Local News Summit on Youth Trust and Civic Resilience in March.

Last week, you heard about better one-on-ones between managers and direct reports. This week, we’re talking about how to lead better brainstorms, whether between editors and reporters, within a team or across an ecosystem of stakeholders.

One-on-one meetings are an opportunity for managers to ensure they’re doing their part to create an inclusive organization by hearing and promoting the voices of their team members. Here are some tips for how to make your one-on-ones more effective and avoid common pitfalls.

New year, same old meetings. Meetings that don’t include the right people or that include too many people. Meetings that could have been an email. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? As we kick off 2026, API wants to help you reset and rethink key meetings in your news organization.