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LaneHelp

LaneHelp is a real-time civic information platform for Lane County that connects people to shelters, food, housing, transportation, alerts, and local services through a live, searchable public system built to reduce the “goose chase” of finding help.

Eugene, Oregon, USA

Vocem

We are a new social enterprise developing tools to strengthen place-based awareness and engagement. ​

KZUM Community Radio

KZUM educates and builds community through broadcast media, with diverse and independent voices that enrich the perspectives of its audiences.

Lincoln, NE, USA

The Current Media Inc.

The Current is a nonprofit news organization serving Lafayette and southern Louisiana. It connects Lafayette to stories that matter and helps readers understand how the community works—and how to make it better. The free publication reflects the community’s diversity of people and ideas, striving for accuracy, fairness, transparency, and inclusiveness.

Lafayette, LA

Dallas Voice

Dallas Voice is the trusted voice of the LGBTQ+ community of North Texas, promoting, protecting, and informing the community and bringing people together to tell their stories.

Dallas, TX

Grice Connect

Grice Connect delivers timely and relevant news to the residents of Statesboro/Bulloch County, Ga., fostering connection and building social capital within the community. It provides comprehensive coverage of local events, issues, and stories that matter.

Statesboro, GA

Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University

The Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism is dedicated to educating students in investigative reporting techniques and creating provocative, original journalism for the public in Indiana and beyond. As a working newsroom, it strives to protect the vulnerable, expose wrongdoing, and act as a watchdog in Indiana and nationally.

Bloomington, IN

The Kansas City Defender

The Kansas City Defender produces information and programs for the survival and flourishing of Black people distributed in innovative and accessible ways.

Kansas City, MO

Shoresides

Shoresides, a nonprofit digital news site in Wilmington, N.C., is dedicated to reporting on the intersection of racial justice, community, culture, and power in the region. Its mission is to serve as an active voice telling regional stories through journalism that reaches the BIPOC community while creating a living archive preserving the community’s collective history.

Wilmington, NC