As we work to rebuild local news, we have a clear, urgent opportunity to create news organizations that are more diverse, equitable and inclusive. This shift must happen both inside the newsroom — with better policies for recruitment, hiring, training, retention and growth – and in the communities newsrooms serve.
The Spotlight PA Election Center includes helpful guides on how to research candidates, become poll workers, and vote. This year, Spotlight also launched a special election series, One Vote, Two Pennsylvanias, which explains, through policy proposals and issue-based reporting, the visions the candidates for Pennsylvania governor have for the state.
Despite growing participation in national politics and high volumes of information available online, local political engagement in the U.S. has declined — but local news can be a solution.
On Wednesday, October 12, we kicked off our event series on the impact of local news with a virtual panel moderated by Marsha Cooke, vice…
In a “Last Week Tonight” segment, host John Oliver talks about the outlets that cover crime, the incentives that drive them and the flawed sources they rely upon, referencing reporting from former City Bureau fellows, Yana Kunichoff and Sam Stecklow in partnership with the Chicago Reader, on how police unions have influenced crime reporting.
Jon Ralston of the Nevada Independent and Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA joined Stephen Fowler of Georgia Public Broadcasting on PBS NewsHour to talk about the important races playing out in their states.
(Read the article in Spanish from CPI here: http://bit.ly/3UsRB8e)
"From the CPI we reaffirm our right of access to that information that the Fiscal Control Board has exchanged with the Government of Puerto Rico." said Carla Minet, executive director of the CPI.
AJP grantees Open Campus and Signal Cleveland launched this partnership to strengthen coverage of the higher education system in Ohio, bringing on Amy Morona as Signal Cleveland's higher education reporter.
El Paso Matters won startup of the year; Spotlight PA received the best investigative journalism award and the game-changer award in the large newsroom category; The Marshall project was honored with the community champion award; and ICT won in the service to nonprofit news category. Several AJP grantees also received honorable mentions.
The Society of Professional Journalists has named four recipients – El Paso Matters, Insider, ProPublica and Jonathan Guyer — as winners of its annual Sunshine Award.
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