Closing Coverage Gaps

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Deirdre Conner, publisher and CEO of The Florida Trib, speaks at a Press Forward event.

Local News Leader Spotlight: Deirdre Conner, The Florida Trib

Local News Leader Spotlight: Henok Mengistu, Ethiopique

Local News Leader Spotlight: Henok Mengistu, Ethiopique

Martin G. Reynolds, co-executive director of The Maynard Institute, leads a Press Forward cohort.

Beyond the dollar: Helping newsrooms reach sustainability

People from across the country came to Camden to work with writer Lyz Lenz, connect, and share their work during the Villager’s first Writer’s Retreat (Photo by John Blodgett, Midcoast Villager)

Local News Leader Spotlight: Aaron Britt & Drew Himmelstein, Midcoast Villager

A workshop at the Lexington Market produced by the Beat in partnership with the Baltimore Museum of Art. Photo by Myles Michelin.

Local News Leader Spotlight: Lisa Snowden, Baltimore Beat

Austin Vida recently hosted a “My Austin Vida Community Reading” event, featuring personal essays. Photo by Mari G. Hernandez for Austin Vida.

Local News Leader Spotlight: Nancy Flores, Austin Vida

Javier Marin, El Planeta

Local News Leader Spotlight: Javier Marin, El Planeta

Kerry Semrad, KZUM Community Radio

Local News Leader Spotlight: Kerry Semrad, KZUM Community Radio

Left to right: Alex Bloomingdale and Javier Cabral

Local News Leader Spotlight: Alex Bloomingdale & Javier Cabral, L.A. TACO

Copper River Native Association Ahtna language teacher Carol Cozzen and Copper River Record editor Allison Sayer with some elementary Ahtna worksheets. With grant funding, Allison and designer Michelle McAfee are collaborating with Carol to increase the amount of Ahtna language in the paper.

Local News Leader Spotlight: Allison Sayer, Copper River Record

Teen journalism students and their instructors visiting county government office as part of the Young Voices Media Project with Voices of Monterey Bay co-founder Claudia Meléndez Salinas, center. Photo by Carlos René Castro.

Voices of Monterey Bay amplifies stories of immigrants

Uvalde Leader-News Publisher and Owner Craig Garnett

School shooting was turning point for Uvalde news outlet

Shia Blackcloud, right, is a producer and anchor for Good Morning Indian Country.

Native-student-led newcast hopes to grow ranks of Indigenous reporters

Macollvie Neel, Special Projects Editor; Vania André, Editor in Chief; Garry Pierre-Pierre, Publisher; Cherrell Angervil, Brand and Audience Engagement Director pictured at Banboch Kreyol, a community festival organized by The Haitian Times.

The Haitian Times increases coverage in the Midwest

New Mexico In Depth/ProPublica reporter Bryant Furlow answers audience questions during a school discipline discussion on April 1, 2023 in Gallup, NM. Credit: Tara Armijo-Prewitt.

New Mexico in Depth boosts accountability reporting

From left to right, radio programmer Francisco Ulloa, journalist Miguel Hernandez, producer Bernardino Almazan, Zapotec weaver Eduardo Jimenez; and Radio Manager, Jorge Rios in studio.

Radio Indigena brings essential information to farmworkers in six languages

Dana James, founder and publisher of Black Iowa News. Source: Black Iowa News

Black Iowa News connects people across the state