How to divest from the “news desert” framework by listening to and supporting locally-grown civic media makers and projects to help them thrive long-term.| Listening Post Collective
Listening is in our name for a reason: It’s the most important step we take in our civic media design process. Because nobody knows a community better than the people who live there. During this phase, we take six months to a year, working with communities to understand where information is already being exchanged, what information people are missing, and how they want to get it.| Listening Post Collective