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How two local newsrooms are sewing diversity into the fabric of their organizations

Eliana Miller

September 01, 2020 |

Poynter |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

During a year of racial-justice protests nationwide, journalists whose job is to hold institutions to account for racist outcomes have turned their gazes inward, to their own newsrooms. Their efforts have won some progress in diverse staffing at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and the Express-News in San Antonio. The burden has fallen largely to journalists of color to press for newsrooms that better reflect their communities. In Minneapolis, managers promised a trio of new hires and better training. San Antonio editors began hiring columnists of color in the majority-Latino city.

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Youngstown, Ohio, Lost Its Only Paper. A 'Zombie' News Site Wants To Fill The Void

Mark Oprea

August 10, 2020 |

NPR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Youngstown, Ohio

Mahoning Matters formed as a news site with laid-off veterans of the Youngstown Vindicator, filling part of a void in local accountability journalism in what is now the largest U.S. city without a seven-day print newspaper. Its funder, The Compass Experiment, set the startup on a three-year trajectory toward self-sustainability, an experiment that has yet to play out. Meantime, Compass successfully recruited a tiny band of Vindicator alumni, whose first stories have included unmasking the public official whose sexual misconduct compromised the management of a local police department.

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Bringing light to the news, for those who can't hear it

Jingnan Peng

July 31, 2020 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Michigan

The Daily Moth is a daily online news channel devoted to the news accessible to the deaf community. Recently, the channel's focus is on stories about Covid-19 and the fight for racial justice. The programming elevates the perspective of deaf individuals, from deaf first responders to deaf victims of police violence. The channel provides American Sign Language interpretation of news stories, accurate captions, and uses colors and backdrops that make it fully accessible. Securing funding has been a struggle for the channel, but it continues to deliver potentially lifesaving news to the deaf community.

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How a Coalition of New York Activists Revealed Police-Department Secrets

Tom Robbins

July 17, 2020 |

The New Yorker |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

When New York legislators abolished a state law that had long shielded police officers’ disciplinary records from public scrutiny, they were not just responding to recent protests but also to activism over many years by reform advocates and families of victims of police violence. Long-running legal challenges had failed to pry the records loose. But activists – opposed by police unions and their allies – had used public testimony, publicity, and their families’ stories to lay the groundwork for changes that then came quickly after George Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests of police brutality.

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What's Happened To Hawaii's Police Shootings Review Board?

Blaze Lovell

June 17, 2020 |

Honolulu Civil Beat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

The groundswell for greater accountability in police shootings has barely caused a ripple in Hawaii, where the state’s Law Enforcement Officer Independent Review board has finished only one case in its first three years of existence and has suspended meetings during the pandemic. With one of its two citizen member slots vacant on an otherwise law-enforcement-heavy board, the panel fails a basic tenet of accountability by severely limiting public access to the cases it’s considering and its deliberations, says one critic.

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I Cover Cops as an Investigative Reporter. Here Are Five Ways You Can Start Holding Your Department Accountable.

Andrew Ford

June 04, 2020 |

ProPublica |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Jersey

Citizen watchdogs can hold local police accountable by using the tactics of investigative reporters that have successfully exposed systemic problems and sparked reforms. One reporter shares five approaches he’s used to hold up policies and practices to scrutiny, some of which led to positive change. He provides a how-to on learning the existing policies, obtaining public records, engaging influencers in honest dialog, presenting verified evidence in a fair format, and seeking allies to pressure for reform.

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Exposing Chaos and Repression in Wuhan with User-Generated Content

Rowan Philp

May 07, 2020 |

Global Investigative Journalism Network |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: China, Wuhan

Four Corners television produced a documentary about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China that uses footage filmed by residents. The clips, which show people with the virus being taken by police and bodies left on the street, were found on a YouTube channel where they were uploaded to prevent deletion by government censors. The company verified the location, time, and factual context of each clip, and wove them together with original reporting. The raw footage, shot on the ground with smart phones, was particularly memorable and the film received over 12 million views and high ratings in Australia.

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Report for America is sending 225 journalists into local newsrooms around the country

Kristen Hare

April 23, 2020 |

Poynter |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Since launching in 2017, the nonprofit Report For America has subsidized hundreds of journalists' salaries to rebuild local-news outlets' ability to provide trusted news coverage of local public affairs. Though there is no lack of available journalists or a need for local news coverage, the program takes aim at fixing a broken business model. The latest cohort of 225 journalists sent to 162 local newsrooms is up from 59. Available to "emerging journalists" who can commit to two years of work, RFA pays half their salaries. The other half is split by the news organization and community donors.

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When the State Shifted to E-learning, This Rural School Superintendent Shifted to the Copy Machine

Jodi S. Cohen

March 27, 2020 |

ProPublica |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Campbell Hill, Illinois

Illinois’ rural Trico school district didn’t have access to remote learning technology, so they turned to paper. With closure as the response to COVID-19, teachers and administrators had to find ways to cope in a region that is lacking reliable internet connections. Teachers prepared and distributed weeks of schoolwork, with the goal of keeping students engaged but not stressing out parents at home.

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How Vietnam is winning its 'war' on coronavirus

Rodion Ebbighausen

March 26, 2020 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

South Korea's response to the coronavirus has been held up as exemplary. How is Vietnam achieving similar results with fewer resources and a smaller budget?

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