Special Edition

As news teams begin thinking about their election coverage plans, it may feel like adding more tasks to an already full plate, with a fraction of the staff and resources they once had. But that doesn’t have to mean figuring out how to do more with less — maybe it’s doing less with less.

We thought the list would be dominated by the things we do to fill print holes. Instead, we found there were a whole lot of digital tasks and initiatives we were doing that didn’t really accomplish our strategy or that took more time, effort and resources than we had available.

If we want to advance care in our community storytelling work – which I see as a key role of journalism – we also need to practice self-care. 

Anyone can work toward creating emotional safety anywhere they have agency over the room or in the space. This is a quick look at ways to operationalize emotional safety, whether in-person, virtual, one-time or ongoing.

Care involves the ability to hear, understand and recognize others’ needs and feelings. Centering care, though, goes one step further by taking on the work [...]

How can we center care when examining who gets to select and tell stories, how and where they are told, how stories are heard and responded to?

Exploring questions is one of the best ways to expand our thinking and try on new perspectives. Questions are an act of care, both for our communities, our journalism and ourselves.

These case studies and round-ups feature lessons and successes from local news organizations building trust in marginalized communities, partnering with local organizations and diversifying revenue streams. Here are some of the most popular pieces from 2023.

In 2023, API published dozens of articles, reports and special editions addressing resiliency in news organizations and journalists.

It’s been a busy year for us: we resumed our in-person summits, expanded our training portfolio, revised our look and messaging, and offered numerous grants, products and programs to journalists.