Civic Tech Field Guide

Dallas Free Press

Dallas, TX

Dallas Free Press amplifies voices in disinvested Dallas neighborhoods and explores solutions to the city’s systemic inequities by providing fair, equitable media representation and the communication infrastructure they historically lacked, so they can access the civic information they need and pursue next steps to seeking solutions and pushing for change.

Epicenter-NYC

Jackson Heights, NY

Epicenter-NYC is an emerging mission-driven and local-first multiplatform journalism organization that seeks to connect and engage New York City communities to one another through arts, culture, and civic education.

Midcoast Villager (Belfast Villager)

Camden, ME

Midcoast Villager (Belfast Villager) tells the story of Midcoast Maine, igniting conversations, sparking discovery, and bringing the community together to help make it a better place for everyone.

Tri-City Collective

Tulsa, OK

Tri-City Collective builds community through creativity, educational programs, and shared history, offering creative projects/programs that serve as catalysts for community activation and an array of human experiences.

Austin Vida

Austin, TX

Austin Vida empowers its community by amplifying stories, events, and cultura. Latinos make up about 33% of Austin’s population; Austin Vida’s journalism centers that comunidad, which is underserved and underrepresented in U.S. media, to not only raise awareness of its diverse experiences but to also offer an accurate and holistic representation of the community.

Canopy Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

Canopy 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.

The Lens

New Orleans, LA

The Lens is the New Orleans area’s first nonprofit, nonpartisan public-interest newsroom dedicated to unique investigative and explanatory journalism. Its mission is to educate, engage, and empower readers with information and analysis necessary for them to advocate for a more transparent and just governance that is accountable to the public.

The Bell

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.

Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle

Pittsburgh, PA

The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle connects the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish community, serving it and strengthening it by providing compelling news, analysis, and information.

The Recorder

Monterey, VA

The Recorder is a weekly newspaper determined to help maintain an informed, active citizenry in its area of Appalachia. It provides timely, accurate information; preserves the area’s rich history; and supports and defends the hard-working, independent people who live in the Allegheny Highlands.

BK Reader

Brooklyn, NY

BK Reader is Brooklyn’s most trusted local news hub, amplifying the voices of marginalized and underserved communities and fostering respect. It empowers all residents by providing resources, tools, and information to encourage collaboration and civic participation.

Alamosa Citizen

Alamosa, CO

Alamosa Citizen is a member-supported, nonpartisan daily online newspaper that works to provide information and build civic involvement in the San Luis Valley. It reports on daily news events and happenings and develops issue-oriented enterprise journalism, community-supported daily podcasts and live-stream broadcasts, and live-event programming.

LebTown

Lebanon, PA

LebTown is an independent media organization that provides timely, accurate, and comprehensive journalism intended to help people navigate their daily lives and promote the general well-being of Lebanon County, Pa.

The Kewanee Voice

Kewanee, IL

The Kewanee Voice is a nonprofit news site providing news and information to enrich the lives of the people in the Kewanee, Ill., area. It offers a voice for the people, promotes events, recognizes achievements, and presents information in a fair and accurate manner.

Shift Press

Houston, TX

Shift Press is a media organization that provides journalism training and news that encourages Houston youth civic engagement.

World Journal

Walsenburg, CO

The World Journal promotes a sense of community and cooperation among the citizens of the Rocky Mountain Southwest.

The Tributary

Jacksonville, FL

The 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.

Arizona Luminaria

Tucson, AZ

Arizona Luminaria is an independent nonprofit journalism organization publishing local news in English and Spanish. It provides equitable access to local information that empowers readers in Tucson and Southern Arizona—especially Latinx, Black, Indigenous, people of color, and other historically marginalized and underrepresented people—to participate in civic life and elections.

BLCK Press

Saint Paul, MN

BLCK 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.

Fayetteville Flyer

Fayetteville, AR

The 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.

NowKalamazoo

Kalamazoo, MI

NowKalamazoo 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.

Queer Kentucky

Covington, KY

Queer 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.

ThreeSixty Journalism

Saint Paul, MN

ThreeSixty 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.

The Lawrence Times

Lawrence, KS

The 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, CO

Asian 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.

Our Times Newspaper

Evansville, IN

Our 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.

Oakland Voices

Oakland, CA

Oakland 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, NM

New Mexico In Depth produces investigative, data-rich stories with an eye on solutions that can be a catalyst for change.

Shoresides

Wilmington, NC

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.

Lede New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Lede New Orleans is a community journalism nonprofit that equips creative professionals from underrepresented communities, ages 18-25, with the skills, tools, and resources to transform local media. The outlet meets information needs in Black, Latino, and other New Orleans communities that are underrepresented in local legacy media through media produced by young people from those same communities.

Black Voice News

Riverside, CA

Publishing in the spirit of the Black Press, the Black Voice News mantra, since its founding over 50 years ago, is “justice seeking reporting.” Its mission is to inform, engage, and empower its community with information while amplifying the voices of the Black community in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Project Optimist

Saint Michael, MN

Project Optimist engages residents of greater Minnesota to help them collaborate across common divides, tackle seemingly intractable problems, and grow more optimistic about the future of their communities, region, and world by tapping Minnesota’s creative and independent talent to produce solution-focused stories and local art to inform and inspire.

The Boston Korea

Boston, MA

The Boston Korea serves the Korean American community in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Since its establishment in 2005, it has been a pivotal source of news and information, dedicated to addressing the needs and interests of this community.

Te Lo Cuento News Kansas City - St Joseph

Saint Joseph, MO

Te Lo Cuento News Kansas City-St. Joseph empowers the Spanish-speaking community in the central United States by providing high-quality, reliable news and information in Spanish that is free from sensationalism. It is dedicated to addressing the unique needs and concerns of the Hispanic community, ensuring it remains well-informed about local, national, and international events.

CivicLex

Lexington, KY

CivicLex is a nonprofit organization that is strengthening the civic health of Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky.

The Triton's Call

Mangilao, GU

The Triton’s Call is committed to enriching the University of Guam community by providing a vibrant platform for student perspectives on current events, both on and off campus. It offers island-centered reporting that reflects the community’s unique narratives and cultures, empowering students with information and insights that are relevant, engaging, and deeply rooted in their local context.

Watermark Publishing Group

Orlando, FL

Watermark is a multifaceted news company using opportunities and innovations to communicate and advance LGBTQ+ interests, with a corporate emphasis on professionalism while building strong relationships with its readers, customers, and community.

Election Day to Every Day

Democracy Fund program dedicated to bridging critical gaps to support the safety, strength, and sustainability of groups working at the frontlines of our democracy.

US Election 2024

Midcoast Villager (Rockland Villager)

Camden, ME

Midcoast Villager (Rockland Villager) tells the story of Midcoast Maine, igniting conversations, sparking discovery, and bringing the community together to help make it a better place for everyone.

The Haitian Times

Brooklyn, NY

The Haitian Times was founded in 1999 to be a leading voice in the community’s evolution and to bridge the generational and geographical gaps among Haitians. To gather and share this nuanced narrative, it actively engages with its audiences in the ongoing journey toward real solutions for Haitians’ thorniest issues. It prioritizes people and humanizes policy decisions with coverage that brings a deeper understanding of Haitian and American culture and politics.

The Hartford Times

Hartford, CT

The Hartford Times provides historically underrepresented voices access to democracy while promoting community-driven narratives and multigenerational solutions. Its goal is to improve Connecticut’s access to information and connectivity to provide its communities with consistent solutions, inspiration, and purpose.

Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

Columbia, MO

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk enhances the quantity, quality, and impact of journalism on agriculture, water, and related environmental issues throughout the nation’s largest watershed. The news collaborative helps to fill news deserts across the heartland by creating and distributing scientifically accurate and locally relevant stories on critical topics such as climate change, food systems, biodiversity, energy, and environmental justice.

Hmong Daily News

Sacramento, CA

Hmong Daily News delivers news and information to its community in Sacramento that inspires, moves, and motivates readers.

Black Iowa News

Des Moines, IA

Black Iowa News, an independent digital and print news platform, is dedicated to producing high-quality journalism that highlights Black perspectives, showcases the Black community, and amplifies the voices of Black Iowans. The Black-led organization launched a quarterly statewide newspaper in 2023. With a circulation of about 10,000, the mission of the state’s only Black newspaper is “prioritizing, educating, and uplifting ourselves.”

Easton Courier Community Journalism Project

Fairfield, CT

The Easton Courier Community Journalism Project provides high-quality local news coverage that builds trust and credibility within communities through timely, accurate, and substantive coverage of local politics, education, culture, and events. It is committed to educating and training the next generation of ethical journalists.

Erie Reader

Erie, PA

Erie Reader serves as a locally focused, independent source for arts coverage, a strong cultural compass, and a dynamic resource for news and opinion. With a dedication to long-form journalism and a commitment to provoking thoughtful discussion, the Erie Reader tells the stories of people and places making and shaping Erie, while highlighting the events and issues influencing life in northwestern Pennsylvania.

El Informador Newspaper

Mount Pleasant, SC

El Informador Newspaper informs, engages, and empowers the Latino community in South Carolina through journalism that is trustworthy, accurate, culturally resonant, and impactful.

The News-Gazette

Lexington, VA

The News-Gazette comprehensively provides the residents of the Rockbridge County, Va., area with local news and information in print and online, following the best practices of journalism to provide a forum to the community for the exchange of ideas and to be a force for positive change and understanding.

Carolina Public Press

Durham, NC

Carolina Public Press is an independent nonprofit news organization dedicated to nonpartisan, in-depth, and investigative news built on the facts and context North Carolinians need to know. Its award-winning journalism dismantles barriers and shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing the state’s almost 10.7 million residents.

Montclair Local Nonprofit News

Montclair, NJ

Montclair Local Nonprofit News is an independent local news organization founded in 2017 with the mission to spark dialogue, objectively inform, and build community in Montclair through independent, in-depth, factual reporting on local issues and events such as schools, elected officials, institutions, businesses, restaurants, and culture.

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