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OONI Run supports community efforts aimed at detecting website blocks. Create an OONI Run link to test the websites of your choice!
Dataset Search
Mountain View, CADataset Search is a search engine for datasets. Using a simple keyword search, users can discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web.
OpenStreetMap Americana
United States of America 🇺🇸A new OpenStreetMap style by the US chapter
Organise Lab
LondonOrganiselab.org is an advocacy group & community making the case for a digital transformation, and innovation across all levels of the UK trade union movement.
YouTube: ‘Captured with a camera’ disclosure
Mountain View, CAHelp article explaining how to enable comments on YouTube videos and livestreams.
How The New York Times Incorporates Editorial Judgement in Algorithms to Curate Home Screen Content
New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY
Broadband Consumer Labels
Washington, DCBroadband Labels (Internet de Banda Ancha Etiquetas - en español) are designed to provide clear, easy-to-understand, and accurate information about the cost and performance of high-speed internet services.
Common Good AI
PO Box 880264, San Francisco, CA 94188-0264Common Good AI is a tech non-profit organization dedicated to building common ground for the common good.
actinable is a fully-integrated solution for brands and non-profits to better reach, engage, and celebrate their communities.
Nook CRM
LondonThe open source CRM for community energy groups.
Vermont Independent Media/The Commons
Brattleboro, VTVermont Independent Media is founded on the belief that independent journalism is critical for the functioning of democracy and is the lifeblood of the community.
Boyle Heights Beat is a Spanish and English bilingual community news project produced by youth, offering noticias por y para la communidad or “news by and for the community.” The community journalism program’s mission is to empower youth voices and address relevant issues through multimedia journalism and provide a platform for young people to report on stories that matter to them while giving them a voice in shaping the narrative of their neighborhood.
BoiseDev
Boise, IDBoiseDev strives to be an innovative and impartial local news source focused on original and transparent reporting. The outlet seeks to give a voice to those without power.
KUCB
Unalaska, AKKUCB informs, educates, entertains, and engages by providing news and arts and culture programming for Unalaska and the Aleutian Region of Alaska.
NowKalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MINowKalamazoo is a nonprofit community news service and a public resource for all who live, work, and play in Kalamazoo County, producing high-quality journalism that serves the public good and assisting citizens in accessing civic information, with a focus on communities that have been historically marginalized, harmed by the media, and/or otherwise kept from telling their own stories.
Arizona Luminaria
Tucson, AZArizona Luminaria is an independent nonprofit journalism organization publishing local news in English and Spanish.
BLCK Press
Saint Paul, MNBLCK Press is advancing equity through media. Its mission is to utilize the power of stories as a catalyst to shift culture, normalize inclusion, and weave equity into the fabric of society. A distinguished news and production powerhouse, it believes storytelling transcends racial and socioeconomic boundaries, captivating hearts and minds and influencing more empathetic actions.
Shift Press
Houston, TXShift Press is a media organization that provides journalism training and news that encourages Houston youth civic engagement.
World Journal
Walsenburg, COThe World Journal promotes a sense of community and cooperation among the citizens of the Rocky Mountain Southwest.
The Tributary
Jacksonville, FLThe Tributary envisions a resilient, informed, and engaged community as the cornerstone of a vibrant democracy in Northeast Florida. It strengthens the local news ecosystem by increasing the supply of quality investigative journalism in the public interest and focusing on under-covered topics that are vital to a thriving community.
Talon Marks
Norwalk, CATalon Marks is a public forum and the voice of the Cerritos College community, accurately portraying the happenings in and around the world, country, state and/or district that affect the everyday lives of its readers.
Our Times Newspaper
Evansville, INOur Times Newspaper, the legacy Black-owned newspaper in Evansville, Indiana, seeks to raise racial equity and address power structure imbalance by providing transformative civic journalism solutions to address the community’s news desert. Its mission is to provide truthful information to the public, foster civic engagement, promote accountability, and elevate the voice of the Black community.
The Bell
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)The Bell equips New York City students with the tools to tell impactful stories today and thrive in the media careers of tomorrow by running audio journalism internship programs for public high school students; partnering with adult journalists and newsrooms to extend the reach of its stories and provide valuable mentorship; and collaborating with partners across the city and country to advocate for equitable investment in youth journalism programs.
Fayetteville Flyer
Fayetteville, ARThe Fayetteville Flyer is a locally owned online source for Fayetteville-specific information on news and events. It is spirited, accurate, and fair, and provides useful information that gives value to members of its community.
Queer Kentucky
Covington, KYQueer Kentucky bolsters queer health and culture through storytelling, education, and action. Its leaders and team members self-identify as queer and have lived experience of the systemic oppression experienced by the LGBTQ+ community. It uses storytelling, photography, digital art, painting, and poetry to share a rich and dynamic LGBTQ+ culture.
High Plains Reader
Fargo, NDThe High Plains Reader is the only independent newspaper in North Dakota. Its community-focused journalism is always free and available to all, and it has been a trusted source of independent news, arts, entertainment, and cultural coverage for over 30 years.
The Lawrence Times
Lawrence, KansasThe Lawrence Times informs and empowers members of the community of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kan., through timely news and information; breaks down barriers to knowledge and information, in part by maintaining a paywall-free website; amplifies the voices of marginalized people; highlights members of the community who do not often see themselves in local news; and helps voters make informed decisions.
Asian Avenue Magazine
Aurora, COAsian Avenue Magazine is a monthly publication that shares the stories of Colorado’s Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) residents to build bridges of awareness, knowledge, and understanding between the diverse AANHPI communities and the public.
The Allegheny Front
Pittsburgh, PAThe Allegheny Front educates the general public to become environmentally literate and understand the issues facing their communities. It reports on local and regional news and stories that connect people to their own communities so they can become part of the civic dialogue, raising awareness about state, regional, and local environmental issues that affect the region.
Oakland Voices
OaklandOakland Voices brings together journalists, community leaders, and residents to shift the dominant narrative about Oakland and its people toward a just city where everyone belongs, has a voice, and their stories and experiences are respected.
New Mexico In Depth Inc.
Rio Rancho, NMNew Mexico In Depth produces investigative, data-rich stories with an eye on solutions that can be a catalyst for change.
ThreeSixty Journalism
Saint Paul, MNThreeSixty Journalism, a program of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas, provides journalism and multimedia training opportunities to diverse Twin Cities youth whose communities are underrepresented, misrepresented, and absented in the information ecosystem. Grounded in the principles of journalism, committed to media literacy, and focused on contributing to accurate narratives, ThreeSixty offers technical, ethical, and entrepreneurial training for fulfilling careers in storytelling and civic leadership.
Iola Register
Iola, KSFounded in 1867, the Iola Register serves Iola, Kan., and the surrounding areas with quality news and journalistic integrity. The Iola Register is committed to serving Allen County by being independent in all things, but radical in the pursuit of freedom, justice, and equal rights.
Latino News, LLC
Birmingham, ALFounded in 1996, Latino News is a free weekly newspaper that has remained one of the most effective communication bridges for the Hispanic community in Alabama. It delivers news in Spanish and educates and provides resources to the Latino community on such topics as immigration, Latin America, world news, health, sports, science and technology, entertainment, and more.
The Daily Catch
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYThe Daily Catch was founded on the premise that every community deserves the benefits of incisive, accurate, and sensitive journalism. As such, the Catch is dedicated to reporting on the news, personalities, and activities of people, schools, merchants, farms, and government in and around New York’s Hudson Valley towns of Red Hook and Rhinebeck.
Eugene Weekly
Eugene, OregonEugene Weekly exposes corporate practices and public policies that benefit the few at the expense of the many, providing a voice for the oppressed and dismissed and supporting unfettered artistic expression. It advocates for environmental sanity, government accountability, sustainable economics, social justice, cultural diversity, tolerance, and the lively free interchange of ideas and opinions.
EL CENTRAL Hispanic News
DetroitEL CENTRAL Hispanic News informs multigenerational Hispanics/Latinos counter widely available mis- and disinformation by providing trusted, locally focused, and original news and feature stories and supporting the professional development of local reporters and photographers of color seeking to enter the journalism profession.
The Lund Report
Portland, ORThe Lund Report is an independent, nonpartisan news service that produces high-quality journalism about health care in Oregon and southwest Washington. Its public-service journalism promotes the awareness and understanding required for positive progress, while holding industry and government accountable, bringing to light the underlying dynamics of health care that affect patients, practitioners, and the public, spotlighting disparities and inequities in the system.
L.A. TACO
Los AngelesThe L.A. TACO empowers local journalism in Los Angeles through collaborative resource sharing, comprehensive training, and fostering open-source content production to amplify diverse voices and stories within the community.
Indiana Public Broadcasting News
IndianapolisIndiana Public Broadcasting News equips residents of Indiana with timely and relevant information and resources to help build stronger communities across the state.
The Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis operates in one of the poorest cities in America, exploring and explaining critical issues affecting Greater Memphis and its many underserved communities. Its professionally staffed newsroom on the campus of the University of Memphis is also dedicated to training students who will become the next generation of journalists.
Voices of Monterey Bay
Salinas, CAVoices of Monterey Bay amplifies and celebrates the diverse peoples of the Monterey Bay Crescent. By providing a forum where new ideas are debated, Voices serves as a catalyst to improve its readers’ quality of life.
Sandpoint Reader
Sandpoint, IDThe Sandpoint Reader is an alternative weekly newspaper featuring culture, arts, entertainment, news, and opinion that supports an informed community in Sandpoint and northern Idaho.
Austin Vida
Austin, TXAustin Vida empowers its community by amplifying stories, events, and cultura.
LOOKOUT Publications
Phoenix, AZLOOKOUT Publications delivers fearless journalism and dynamic community events that amplify and expand LGBTQ+ representation in Arizona on every news stage, engaging, empowering, and strengthen LGBTQ+ communities and their allies by telling authentic, impactful stories that transcend stereotypes, hold power to account, and champion equality and respect for all.
Sopris Sun
Carbondale, COSopris Sun informs, inspires, and builds community by fostering diverse and independent journalism.
Canopy Atlanta
Atlanta, GACanopy Atlanta is a community journalism nonprofit that chooses, reports, and shares stories with Atlantans, redefining who journalism is by and for. It tells stories that are responsive to community desires and help residents access high-quality information about the issues that matter most.
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