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  • Bella Hurrell: From hackathon to front page

    Anthony Scoma

    July 10, 2018 |

    Global Editors Network (GEN) Editors Lab |

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    Response Location: England, London

    Readers on the BBC website can now find out more about select stories through “Appy Helper,” a module that provides background about an ongoing, complex story. The module works through both a chat-style interface that readers navigate via prompts or a more linear timeline display.

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  • A couch to crash on: PressPad aims to tackle one small part of journalism's class diversity problem

    Marlee Baldridge

    July 09, 2018 |

    Nieman Lab |

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    Response Location: England, London

    A new app creates connections between journalism interns and industry professionals willing to be a host during someone’s internship. This creates a path for greater class diversity in journalism by providing a way for people to accept an internship without having the means to pay for housing.

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  • What If the Teen City Council Is Better Than the Grownup One?

    Kriston Capps

    July 05, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Takoma Park, Maryland

    Takoma Park’s youth council may be the most powerful teen legislature in the nation. The city was the first to lower the voting age to 16 years old, so council members are not only communicating youth perspectives but also voting in local elections.

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  • Water in a news desert: New Jersey is spending $5 million to fund innovation in local news

    Marlee Baldridge

    July 03, 2018 |

    Nieman Lab |

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    Response Location: United States

    Five million dollars has been budgeted by the New Jersey government to support local reporting. The funds will be used to establish a non-profit, independent news incubator that will pursue, manage, and distribute funding for innovative projects.

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  • 'ICE Is Everywhere': Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis

    Emily Dreyfuss

    June 25, 2018 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Using their research skills to obtain public information, a group of librarians created an interactive map showing the location of ICE offices and juvenile detention facilities. They also created a toolkit to assist digital humanities workers to know how to respond in a crisis.

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  • Native American Photographers Unite to Challenge Inaccurate Narratives

    James Estrin

    May 01, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    The organization Natives Photograph was founded in order to create accurate, culturally sensitive images of Native Americans as well as support the careers of indigenous photographers.

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  • 30,000 Copies and Counting: This Newspaper Helps Inmates Prepare for Life on the Outside

    Shaima Shamdeen

    April 19, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    In Cincinnati, a resource guide helps those currently or previously incarcerated find resources like housing and employment so they can transition back to the community. The newspaper, called Re-enter into Society Empowered, or RISE, was created by a woman who struggled with addiction and incarceration. It features stories of recovery as well as resources in the community and the staff provide peer mentoring and advice to current inmates.

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  • Drone Art

    Colin Vanderburg

    April 17, 2018 |

    Dissent Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The use of drones as tools of surveillance and military violence are a fixture of America’s foreign policy. However it is very difficult, due to secrecy and a lack of media coverage, to understand the scope of their use and their impact. Recent art projects have used footage from drones to visualize the hidden and powerful nature of these machines as well as the death and destruction they have caused among civilians in other countries.

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  • Report for America Supports Journalism Where Cutbacks Hit Hard

    Nellie Bowles

    April 15, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    In order to address shrinking newsrooms across the country as well as diminishing opportunities for journalists to learn the tools of reporting, the Report For America program was created. Modeled on AmeriCorps, the program places journalists in newsrooms that apply by describing a crucial beat that is currently unfilled.

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  • As the ‘forever war' drags on, veterans bring battlefield knowledge to the newsroom

    Jack Crosbie

    March 21, 2018 |

    Columbia Journalism Review |

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    Response Location: United States

    As America’s war in Afghanistan reaches 17 years, the war in Iraq reaches 15 years, and military action continues in other parts of the world there is a need for reporting on these conflicts that is informed, independent, and honest. To fill this need, specialized newsrooms have been developed with staff and reporters who are veterans and use their experience, and the insight and access it brings, to bear on their reportage.

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