Civic Tech Field Guide

Dallas Voice

Dallas, TX

Dallas Voice is the trusted voice of the LGBTQ+ community of North Texas, promoting, protecting, and informing the community and bringing people together to tell their stories.

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.

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.

The Allegheny Front

Pittsburgh, PA

The 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

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.

SwipeBlue

United States of America (the)

SwipeBlue is a relational organizing app that matches your phone contacts to the voter file and shows you their party and districts. Just swipe blue (left) like Tinder to text them to register, donate, attend an event, or vote!

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.

CampaignSidekick

United States of America (the)

Supercharge your ground game. Fast. Preferred GOP Vendor and Trump campaign as a client.

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.

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.

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.

Sunlight Media Collective

Lamoine, ME

Sunlight Media Collective is an organization of Indigenous and non-Indigenous media makers and activists, including Wabanaki citizens, working to document and present stories affecting Wabanaki people and highlighting Wabanaki perspectives, with a particular emphasis on the intersection between environmental issues and Indigenous rights.

West Texas Tribune

Abilene, TX

The West Texas Tribune informs and engages the citizens of Abilene and surrounding communities by providing fair, factual, and reliable in-depth news stories about local government, institutions, nonprofit institutions, issues, and people. Its nonprofit journalism amplifies voices in divested neighborhoods and explores solutions for those seeking social, economic, and criminal justice and racial equity.

News Letter Journal

Newcastle, WY

News Letter Journal covers the news, sports, and entertainment important to the people of Weston County, Wyo., and provides them with the information they need to be active and engaged citizens.

Reach

Queens, NY

The grassroots organizing app that lets you meet people where they are.

The JOLT News Organization

Tumwater, WA

The Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater (The JOLT) nourishes the civic lives of the residents of Thurston County, Wash., and grows community capacity by publishing accurate, relevant, and entertaining stories that help people become better informed and more involved in local issues, events, and activities.

NEXTpittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

NEXTpittsburgh delivers news and ideas on what matters to the people who care about Pittsburgh in the way they want it.

Shasta Scout

Redding, CA

Shasta Scout strengthens democracy by providing access to trustworthy information in a way that deepens and empowers engagement with the news, neighbors, and people in power for readers in Shasta County, Calif.

The Land

Cleveland, OH

The Land is a local nonprofit news organization that reports on Cleveland’s neighborhoods. Through in-depth solutions journalism, it aims to foster accountability, inform the community, and inspire people to take action.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Border Belt Independent

Whiteville, NC

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S.

"Importantly, people experiencing distress are more likely to engage in collective action on climate change or express a willingness to do so, even when controlling for several correlates of environmental behavior"

MOXY

Washington, DC

A Social Ecosystem connecting Voters, Elected Representatives, Thought Leaders and Authorized Organizations

The White House (u/whitehouse) on Reddit

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The official Biden-Harris administration Reddit account, launched to provide updates on Hurricanes Milton and Helene

FEMA Hurricane Rumor Response

Washington, DC

The US government's emergency response department has taken to the internet to fight an unprecedented amount of information about 2024 hurricanes.

Operation Black Vote

London

We are on a mission to amplify Black* voices and ensure our complete engagement in the national debate about how to build a better Britain founded on accessible citizenship, judicial rights, climate and racial justice, equality, and fairness.

racial equity

Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure for Identity Systems

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Enhancing the privacy and security of national digital identity systems

Flickr Foundation

Imagine if we could place ourselves 100 years from now and still have access to photos shared by millions of people on Flickr…

culture

United Nations World Data Forum

The aim of the UN World Data Forum is to spur data innovation, nurture partnerships, mobilize high-level political and financial support for data, and build a pathway to better data for sustainable development.

United Nations

Upward Mobility Data Dashboard

The Upward Mobility Dashboard helps people understand key conditions affecting upward mobility from poverty and racial equity in communities.

Concurso Nacional de Estudiantes Universitarios

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Moot court competitions about intellectual property in Venezuela

students

Compiler Media, Inc.

United States of America (the)

Compiler is a nonprofit newsroom launching in 2024 to cover the people, institutions and global forces shaping our digital future.

Rhetorical Labs

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

We are a research collective dedicated to providing public communication campaigns with rigorous, state-of-the-art tools for message development. Our methodology combines machine learning, crowdsourcing, and adaptive randomized controlled trials.

Conspiracy Debunking Conversations

An open database of conversations ChatGPT had with people who believe in a variety of conspiracy theories, which can be filtered by the efficacy of the conversation in changing beliefs.

دليل الأمن الرقمي للنشطاء في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا (Digital Security Guide for Activists in the Middle East and North Africa)

Middle East and North Africa

قامت أكساس ناو بإعداد دليل الأمن الرقمي بهدف تقديم الدعم للأشخاص في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا الذين يسعون لحماية أنفسهم من التهديدات الرقمية والبقاء آمنين على الإنترنت. (Access Now has created this Digital Security Guide to support people in the MENA region who are looking to protect themselves from digital threats and stay safe online.)

guides

Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action

Why grassroots data activists in Latin America count feminicide—and how this vital social justice work challenges mainstream data science.

YoMobi

Johannesburg, South Africa

YoMobi is a digital platform cooperative that empowers youth organisations by providing tools for skill development, learning, and community engagement to tackle youth unemployment and enhance socio-economic inclusion.

OpenGovLoc

Cameroon (Cameroon, Cameroun)

OpenGovLoc, a digital transformation project, is a scaling-up operation in 4 priority municipalities and the involvement of 20 other municipalities in the use of digital technology to promote accountability and local participation led by young people.

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