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  • A Plan to Flood San Francisco With News on Homelessness

    May 15, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Journalists in San Francisco, frustrated at inaction over the city’s homeless crisis, are planning coordinated coverage on the issue.

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  • Safe Passage

    December 01, 2015 |

    Orion Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Creston, British Columbia

    North America’s protected areas are too small and scattered to sustain wildlife, so conservationists are fighting for Yellowstone to Yukon, a continent-wide network of protected areas which would preserve lifesaving migration routes.

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  • Two New Apps Offer Tools For Journalists in Conflict Areas

    November 24, 2015 |

    The Washington Diplomat |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Journalists can find themselves in unsafe regions without anyone knowing their whereabouts. 'Reporta' is a new app that allows journalists to send alerts, provide information about their location, and send an SOS incase of emergency.

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  • Measuring up: how open data could spur drive to meet global goals

    November 04, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

    Information is essential to build trust between the government and the governed, create accountability, and oppose systemic corruption. In Tanzania, a series of initiatives are working to collect, disseminate, and create new tools to capture information towards these ends.

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  • Here's the disturbing evidence on how the media inspires mass shooters

    October 06, 2015 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseburg, Oregon

    Research has shown there are concrete steps journalists can take to thoughtful cover mass shootings in a way that doesn’t spur the motives of potential copycats. These include reducing the amount a shooter is named, running articles without including a picture of the shooter, and avoidance of certain words to describe the event.

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  • What's Up With the Unionizing Trend in Digital Journalism?

    September 01, 2015 |

    The New Republic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Responding to the volatility of the current job market and the potential for a bursting bubble, digital media employees are unionizing to protect themselves in the midst of ongoing change. While these efforts have protected some staff members, the preponderance of freelancers—and their lack of formal rights and union membership—has limited the impact of unionization.

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  • Radio Vietnam in America's Heartland Serves Growing Community

    September 01, 2015 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    A woman named MaiLy Do started a Vietnamese-language radio show in Oklahoma City after she realized on Sept. 11, 2001 that her family back home with limited English had no way of finding out if she was okay. Today the station broadcasts for 24 hours across the US and 40 other countries. It offers a voice to the Vietnamese-American population in Oklahoma City and is also essential in disseminating critical information to residents who have limited English skills.

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  • Shedding light on human rights: do businesses stand up to scrutiny?

    February 25, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, The Hague, South Holland

    There are increasing costs to business when they fail to respect basic human rights. Many are therefore taking steps to avoid abuses – and are taking a proactive rather than reactive approach.

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  • The News We Need to Hear

    January 08, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    In reporting about problems, reporters continually run the risks of inadvertently legitimizing negative behaviors by making them appear more pervasive — and therefore more normal — than they actually are. Some journalists are trying to focus on solutions amongst all the problems which are so much more apparent.

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  • How one city cut violent crime by 60 percent

    December 22, 2013 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, High Point, North Carolina

    Areas of High Point, North Carolina have suffered from crime, poverty, and neglect, until the city began implementing Operation Ceasefire, a policing program that uses data collecting, community support against crime. High Point is now leading the country in its success of Operation Ceasefire, boasting dramatic reductions in violent crimes, domestic abuse, robberies, and drug-related offenses.

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