Civic Tech Field Guide

Grice Connect

Statesboro, GA

Grice Connect delivers timely and relevant news to the residents of Statesboro/Bulloch County, Ga., fostering connection and building social capital within the community. It provides comprehensive coverage of local events, issues, and stories that matter.

The Mesquite

San Antonio, TX

The Mesquite is a student-run media outlet for students to report on developmental and civic issues in the economically underserved areas of San Antonio, including rural areas surrounding the start-up campus of Texas A&M University–San Antonio. Its intent is to showcase the best work of its undergraduate students and to experiment with new directions in journalism education.

Ouray County Plaindealer

Ridgway, CO

The Ouray County Plaindealer is the only trusted source of local news in a rural Colorado mountain community of roughly 5,000 residents. The Plaindealer’s journalists seek truth and report it, with the goal of informing the community with fact-based, nonpartisan articles. While maintaining high standards for accuracy and fairness, the Plaindealer produces quality journalism for the community, which would be a news desert without it.

Houston Herald

Houston, MO

Established in 1878, the Houston Herald is the award-winning county seat weekly newspaper serving Texas County. In 2024, the Herald was judged one of the state’s top newspapers in its class in the Missouri Better Newspaper Contest.

ITASCA COMMUNITY TELEVISION (ICTV)

Grand Rapids, MN

ICTV connects, informs, and empowers the community of Grand Rapids, Minn., through diverse media.

Burlington Beacon

Burlington, IA

Guided by the motto “Local People, Local News,” the Burlington Beacon provides the community of Burlington, Iowa, and the surrounding area with reliable and timely news that truly reflects the lives and concerns of its readers. Each story is written by a local resident who has a deep understanding of and appreciation for the community and the editorial policies are driven by this knowledge rather than by corporate interests.

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.

JMPro Community Media

Swannanoa, NC

JMPRO Community Media shares essential news and information, builds community connections, and celebrates local immigrant culture through a multichannel distribution strategy—including community radio, printed bulletins, and live reporting—as well as community reporter training. JMPRO Community Media bridges the digital divide, builds journalism and storytelling skills, and develops community leaders in underserved communities in Western North Carolina.

Radio Catskill

Liberty, NY

WJFF Radio Catskill is an independent community voice of the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania, connecting listeners through locally focused and globally aware programming to inform, entertain, and inspire its communities and promote understanding among people of diverse social, cultural, economic, and political backgrounds.

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.

Boyle Heights Beat, a part of the L.A. Local News Initiative

Los Angeles, CA

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, ID

BoiseDev 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.

Iola Register

Iola, KS

Founded 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.

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.

The Portager

Mogadore, OH

The Portager is the local news source of Portage County, Ohio. Its mission is to be a catalyst for ideas and action to help its community thrive.

KDLL

Kenai, AK

KDLL provides enriching and trustworthy programming that supports a community of informed critical thinkers.

Latino News, LLC

Birmingham, AL

Founded 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, NY

The 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.

Talon Marks

Norwalk, CA

Talon 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.

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.

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.

The Copper River Record

Kenny Lake, AK

The Copper River Record is a weekly print newspaper and online news site that connects far-flung communities within Alaska’s rural Copper Basin. It highlights people, places, and natural phenomena that make the region unique and informs readers about local government and land management activities, delivering trusted news and community information to readers with varied cultures, beliefs, and values.

ForHarris Group Directory

United States of America (the)

A directory of "X for Harris" groups for the 2024 US election

Vermont Independent Media/The Commons

Brattleboro, VT

Vermont Independent Media is founded on the belief that independent journalism is critical for the functioning of democracy and is the lifeblood of the community.

New Mainstream Press

Bala Cynwyd, PA

New Mainstream Press empowers and uplifts the Asian American communities in the Greater Philadelphia area through diverse, high-quality media platforms, including print publications—Metro Chinese Weekly, Metro Viet News, and PhillyGuide—and a dynamic WeChat channel with over 50,000 subscribers.

FunTimes Magazine, LLC

Philadelphia, PA

FunTimes is committed to amplifying the Black diaspora community’s voices and untold stories in the Delaware Valley, as well as promoting cultural insights and experiences to ensure Black perspectives are accurately represented and celebrated.

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.

Conecta Arizona

Phoenix, AZ

Conecta Arizona creates dialogue between Spanish-speaking communities in the border region with accurate, engaging, and accessible news from a bicultural and bilingual perspective.

Border Belt Independent

Whiteville, NC

Border Belt Independent digs deep into the issues, power, and people of Bladen, Columbus, Robeson, and Scotland counties.

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.

La Raza

Chicago, IL

La Raza informs, defends, educates, enlightens, and empowers the Hispanic community in Chicago through Spanish journalism and literature, outreach activities, and business opportunities while promoting the values of democracy, freedom, justice, diversity, equality, cultural heritage, and opportunity for all.

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.”

The Badger Project

Madison, WI

The Badger Project is a nonpartisan journalism nonprofit that focuses on politics, campaign finance, government, and law enforcement in Wisconsin, with an emphasis on covering these things in rural areas and news deserts.

KUCB

Unalaska, AK

KUCB informs, educates, entertains, and engages by providing news and arts and culture programming for Unalaska and the Aleutian Region of Alaska.

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.

The TRiiBE

Chicago, IL

The TRiiBE is dedicated to reshaping the narrative of Black Chicago by producing original journalism, documentaries, community perspectives, and videos that capture the multifaceted essence of the Black experience. It empowers its community by providing a platform for authentic stories, fostering truth and liberation, and giving ownership of the narrative back to the people.

Vinegar Hill Magazine

Charlottesville, VA

Vinegar Hill Magazine is designed to support and project a more inclusive social narrative, to promote entrepreneurship, and to be a beacon for art, culture, and politics in the Central Virginia region.

Green Philly

Philadelphia, PA

Green Philly is Philadelphia’s resource for a sustainable, local, and accessible lifestyle. Its mission is to connect readers with eco-solutions for a more resilient future, to make sustainability fun, and to foster a vibrant, inclusive community.

South Side Weekly

Chicago, IL

South Side Weekly is a teaching paper dedicated to supporting early-career and emerging journalists from the South Side of Chicago and delivering high-quality arts, culture, and political coverage to South Side neighborhoods.

KCAW Raven Radio

Sitka, AK

KCAW Raven Radio provides creative community media with diverse programming and fair and accurate news to strengthen community as measured by continued audience, donor, and volunteer participation.

Austin Monitor

Austin, TX

The Austin Monitor is the only nonpartisan local daily news source that exclusively covers the important issues and key decisions at the intersection between the local government and the community. Its mission is to create shared prosperity through a more informed and engaged community.

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Black Belt News Network

Selma, AL

The Black Belt News Network believes citizens of the Black Belt––the poorest and most rural region in Alabama––deserve access to the same quality and variety of news and information as their big-city cousins. The Black Belt News Network serves Dallas, Marengo, Perry, Lowndes, and Wilcox counties with a robust digital news site and a range of social media assets, including the area’s only live newscast.

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