One of our closest collaborators over the years, Andrew DeVigal, the director of the Agora Journalism Center at the University of Oregon, wrote a memorable editorial recently about his vision for a thriving, trusted media ecosystem in the state. In the midst of a local legislative push to get tech giants like Meta and Google| Listening Post Collective
By Jesse Hardman and Amy L. Kovac-Ashley It’s really hard to escape the word “scale” in today’s journalism space, which can cover everything from franchising a news idea to audience numbers. Since we can’t escape the question of scale, we’re going to define it for our own purposes. Listening to communities + peer collaborations =| Listening Post Collective
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
I thought I was done with journalism after being in the business for almost 30. After a period of time the journalism industry had lost some of its luster to me amidst widespread layoffs, I didn’t see journalism as being a sustainable path to my future and taking care of a family. It wasn’t until my family and I moved to Trenton, New Jersey in 2021 that I began to change my mind about getting back into the media business. One of our newest Listening Post Collective members, reporter Kenny...| 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