Civic Tech Field Guide

SPEAK MPLS

Minneapolis, MN

SPEAK MPLS is reimagining the future of media by activating community connections and creative opportunities to amplify the voices of its neighbors.

NotiVisión Georgia informs, educates, and advocates for the Hispanic community in Georgia, providing high-quality news content and connecting viewers with local resources. Its goal is to promote social change and build bridges of understanding among communities in the state.

ecoRI News

Providence, RI

ecoRI News is dedicated to reporting on environmental and social justice issues in Rhode Island. Through its reporting, ecoRI creates a more informed public and provides individuals with the information they need to be better stewards of their environment.

El Comercio de Colorado

Denver, CO

El Comercio de Colorado is a bilingual multi-media organization targeting the growing Hispanic/Latinx community in Colorado since 2006. El Comercio’s goal is to empower the Hispanic/Latinx community through information, engagement, and advocacy.

Richland Source

Mansfield, OH

Richland Source is a nationally recognized online community news organization serving the citizens of North Central Ohio that is driven by a deeply held belief that news organizations serve their community best when they are involved in it.

India Currents Foundation

San Jose, CA

India Currents is an award-winning nonprofit, nonpartisan, ethnic media organization that serves the news and information needs of the fast-growing Indian American population in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Real WV

Ronceverte, WV

The Real WV is a nonprofit multimedia organization that reaches beyond the headlines to touch the heart of Appalachian identity. By celebrating good news and honestly facing bad news, it tells real stories about real West Virginians and the experiences that shape them.

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New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, publisher of INDepthNH.org

Barrington, NH

InDepthNH.org gives a voice to marginalized people, places, and ideas, demonstrating its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by the stories and columns it publishes.

Henrico Citizen

Henrico, VA

Across five digital daily weekday platforms, the 23-year-old Henrico Citizen seeks to tell the story of Henrico County, Va., through fair, tenacious, thorough, and clear nonpartisan journalism that enlightens, informs, and impacts the county and its nearly 335,000 citizens.

St. Louis Argus

St. Louis, MO

The St. Louis Argus is the oldest African American publication in Missouri and sixth oldest in the country. Its aim is to provide content that covers the culture, news, arts, business, and social justice, environmental, and political issues of its community. The Argus advocates on behalf of marginalized people and matters that may sit beyond mainstream media.

Sol de Medianoche News

Anchorage, AK

Sol de Medianoche produces local, accurate, and meaningful bilingual Spanish and English content essential for the Latino community in Alaska. Its mission is to inform, educate, and unite the community.

Athens County Independent

Athens, OH

The Athens County Independent empowers community engagement through accessible public service journalism.

Samoana Meda LLC

Honolulu, HI

Sāmoana Media is a social enterprise that focuses on promoting Samoan and other Pacific Islander initiatives, particularly through education and the exploration of language, culture, history, and contemporary issues.

285 South

Decatur, GA

285 South is Atlanta’s only English-language news outlet dedicated to covering the metro region’s growing immigrant communities. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of the communities it covers by highlighting issues these communities face as well as celebrating their successes, bringing them to the attention of decision-makers and others who want to support.

KHASOKHAS

Corona, NY

Khasokhas, or “verified truth,” has been the voice of the Nepali community in New York City since 2012, breaking down language barriers and providing accessible, vital information on immigration, housing, taxes, health, and more. Its goal is to be the bridge for Nepali-speaking immigrants who struggle with English, offering resources in the Nepali language through distinctive reporting, impactful storytelling, interviews, and analysis.

South Dakota News Watch

Sioux Falls, SD

South Dakota News Watch is an independent nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens. South Dakota News Watch produces investigative and public service journalism that sheds light on the issues, concerns, and welfare of South Dakotans.

Penobscot Bay Press

Stonington, ME

Penobscot Bay Press provides information products and services to the communities it serves with news of governmental, civic, business, and educational institutions; coverage of social doings and in-depth looks at individuals and events; notification of meetings and happenings; and opinions of staff and others on the important issues and problems facing its communities.

Down in the County

Oriental, NC

Down in the County is a weekly publication that fights conspiracy theories with reliable, visual-first journalism and bridge-building by providing news literacy, training and ethical content from a diverse pool of local storytellers.

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Milwaukee, WI

The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service provides professional, evidence-based, nonpartisan reporting to its readers, primarily in Black and Latinx communities. The news service celebrates the resilience of residents by consistently spotlighting the many ordinary people who do extraordinary things; educates readers by connecting them to resources that can help uncomplicate their busy lives; and reports on issues that create much-needed dialogue while holding institutions and leaders accountable.

KVNF Mountain Grown Community Radio

Paonia, CO

KVNF engages its communities by providing access to diverse music, news, and voices, envisioning listeners who are participating, inspired, active, and well-informed with a local and global perspective that emphasizes journalistic integrity.

Hy-Lo News

Miami, FL

Hy-Lo News provides Black and brown millennials with hyperlocal news and information. Hy-Lo News gives a voice to millennials by creating news articles, video interviews, and panel discussions about breaking news, hot topics, and social issues of the day, presenting news in a tone that is engaging to millennials in South Florida.

California Health Report

Los Angeles, CA

The California Health Report is a nonprofit news organization that partners with communities across the state to share stories and offer solutions to health equity issues. It collaborates with people with disabilities, communities of color, immigrants, low-income Californians, violence survivors, rural residents, and many others to help them share ideas for making the world more equitable.

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.

Sandoval Signpost

Albuquerque, NM

The Sandoval Signpost is the only countywide local news outlet serving the historic communities of Sandoval County, N.M. Formerly a monthly print-only paper, it now includes a weekly print issue and weekly digital e-edition with coverage of county government, the Town of Bernalillo, the community of Placitas, and expanding coverage across Sandoval County’s unique and diverse rural communities.

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Deceleration

San Antonio, TX

Deceleration is a nonprofit online journal producing original news and analysis responding to our shared ecological, political, and cultural crises. The outlet writes at the intersection of environment and justice — journalistically, academically, and creatively — with an emphasis on the the watersheds of San Antonio, South Texas, and the Gulf South.

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.

Door County Knock

Egg Harbor, WI

Door County Knock advances the truth, centers, and drives understanding of critical issues that affect Door County residents’ lives. It also holds powerful institutions accountable to the people, including by investigating betrayals of public trust and other abuses of power.

CivicLex

Lexington, KY

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

The River Reporter

Narrowsburg, NY

The River Reporter provides accurate and important community news and sponsors local forums and creative conversations, events, and initiatives (in collaboration with local organizations) to enhance the quality of life and increase civic engagement in the communities of the Upper Delaware River Valley

Aurora Sentinel Community Media

Aurora, CO

Aurora Sentinel Community Media provides factual, trusted, nonpartisan news, investigations, and features about the Aurora region and its diverse community. The nonprofit corporation was created to grow a robust, thriving news organization with the capacity to cover the issues and interests of the greater community of Aurora.

Swift County Monitor-News

Benson, MN

Swift County Monitor-News provides its community with the news citizens require for informed participation in a representative democracy.

Pine Knot News

Cloquet, MN

Pine Knot News provides verified coverage of the news, issues, sports, events, and faces of Carlton County, Minnesota, to help create an engaged and educated citizenry while also fulfilling a watchdog role for the area.

QCity Metro

Charlotte, NC

QCity Metro produces news, content, and events that are culturally, politically, and economically relevant to Black communities in Charlotte, N.C.

Planet Detroit

Detroit, MI

Planet Detroit produces quality climate, equity, health, and environment journalism in the public interest that centers grassroots voices, holds power accountable, spotlights solutions, and serves the community.

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.

Lorton Media Group

Tulsa, OK

The Frontier produces fearless independent journalism with impact and moral force. It holds those in power accountable, gives a voice to the powerless, and tells stories that matter to Oklahomans.

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.

Radio Indigena 94.1

Oxnard, CA

Radio Indigena’s mission is to unite and empower California's Indigenous migrant communities by delivering high-quality programming in Indigenous languages. Radio Indigena is committed to fostering equality, peace, democracy, and social justice while breaking down barriers of literacy and language.

The Riverside Record

Los Angeles, CA

The Riverside Record provide its neighbors with a platform to tell their stories themselves, prioritizing context and insight over hype and sensationalism and striving to connect people through a shared love for their communities. It holds those in positions of power accountable through in-depth, hyperlocal, and easy-to-understand reporting.

Paragraph Ranch LLC / The Texas Spur

Spur, TX

The Texas Spur (founded 1909) is the flagship weekly print and online newspaper of an award-winning regional five-newspaper group. It covers local government, education, agriculture, courts, sports, health, and lifestyle across ten contiguous rural counties of West Texas that are underserved by other media.

HOY en Delaware

Georgetown, DE

HOY en Delaware is a monthly publication serving the growing Hispanic population in Delaware, serving as a bridge of understanding among all inhabitants of the state.

The Trenton Journal

Trenton, NJ

The Trenton Journal empowers and inspires residents living in and around Trenton, N.J., by filling in the information gaps through stories and solutions-based journalism.

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.

Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

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.

BirminghamWatch

Birmingham, AL

BirminghamWatch serves the civic good of Birmingham and Alabama by supporting journalism that makes a positive impact and encourages citizen engagement with fair, factual, unflinching, and focused news.

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