These are a few of our favorite resources to inspire and guide you. Drop us a line and tell us what else should be on this list:
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- Guides to Community Journalism – by The Coral Project
- The Membership Puzzle Project has excellent research, case studies and ideas for building a strong membership model
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Creating an Engaged Newsroom – by Free Press
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Guide to Journalism and Design – by Heather Chaplin
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A Guide to Building Deeper Relationships With the Communities You Cover – by Anita Li and Sam Ford
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Steal These Ideas and DIY Worksheets – by The Trusting News Project
Looking for Further Inspiration?
- “McDonald’s: You can sneer, but it’s the glue that holds communities together” – by Chris Arnade for The Guardian
- Jesse Hardman’s “Listening is a Revolutionary Act” (Part 1, Part 2)
- “Out of Struggle: Strengthening and Expanding Movement Journalism in the U.S. South” – by Project South
- danah boyd’s Did Media Literacy Backfire?
- Emily Goligoski’s How can the press clear the way for journalists to connect with audiences?
- David Bornstein’s The News We Need to Hear
- Jennifer Brandel’s Want to be good for democracy? Be better at democracy.
- This Twitter thread by ProPublica’s Adriana Gallardo on their engagement team’s work for “Black Women Disproportionately Suffer Complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth. Let’s Talk About It.”