The ABC station group utilized a wide range of next-generation news-gathering facets, including community journalists, interactive town halls, data journalism and group-wide specials, to rise to 2020’s unique news challenge.
The Tiny News Collective says it will provide participants the tools and resources they need to start their own local newsroom.
Only 4 in 10 Americans say they have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in the news media, according to Gallup, where they’ve been asking that question since 1972.
As the press increasingly recognizes its own culpability and struggles to counteract decades of systemic mistreatment, these stories, among many more, help show the way forward.
In 2021, we’ll see more journalists of color go from being newsroom employees to newsroom founders.