The #DocumentersNetwork is a group of community organizations from around the nation committed to participatory civic media — and it's coming to Akron! 🎉 Here's what you should know about #AkronDocumenters 👇
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Jobs alert: My team at the #DocumentersNetwork is hiring for TWO new remote-first roles!
Do you want to help build infrastructure for people-powered news and democracy across the country, alongside some of the most amazing people you’ll ever meet? Learn more here ⬇️
Wichita is 1 of 4 new communities to join this network of journalism innovators & local champions of transparency & accountability. The other 3 are in NJ & ND. Wichita is the first city in KS to be part of this growing movement for participatory civic media.
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Honored to join the brilliant team at City Bureau to help build up a thriving #DocumentersNetwork —made up of communities across the country. (And thanks to my Chicago colleagues for letting me wax poetic about Atlanta 😎) ⬇️
Great 🧵 on what #civicmedia looks like across the US… I was so fortunate to pair grad school at Medill with becoming part of the #documentersnetwork . Lots of ways to stay grounded in this work.
We're ecstatic to see Wichita as one of the four newest members of the #DocumentersNetwork 💪.
Learn more about the expansion and Wichita Documenters, powered by Wichita Journalism Collaborative, coming this spring ⬇️
Are you a values-driven project manager? Do you want to help shape one of the most exciting opportunities to strengthen local news and democracy through people power?
Check out these two remote, full-time jobs at the #DocumentersNetwork at City Bureau below and apply by 12/10!
🔎 From startup newsrooms to our first worker-owned co-op, our #DocumentersNetwork teams are redefining how residents and journalists work together to bring essential information to their communities.
Today we're putting some shine on great work: citybureau.org/notebook/celeb…
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#CHICAGO —Want to get paid to learn journalism skills to serve your community?
#DocumentersNetwork is made up of community members who do just that.
Chicago Documenters will train and pay you to hold local officials accountable | documenters.org documenters.org
Absolutely love this explainer on the #DocumentersNetwork process from Cleveland Documenters—this is how you make communities an integral part of the reporting process AND produce impactful local journalism. All the kudos and shout outs to the Signal Cleveland team 👏🏾
📣 Kansas Leadership Center, Wichita Foundation and members of the Wichita Journalism Collaborative are partnering with City Bureau – a nonprofit civic journalism lab – to bring the Documenters Network to Wichita. 📝 Get involved!
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Local governmental bodies hold thousands of public meetings every day—but the vast majority receive no media coverage & produce minimal records.
#DocumentersNetwork is the solution!
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So thankful for Lila Mills—we met in Cleveland in 2019, built CLE Documenters via City Bureau’s #DocumentersNetwork & Neighbor Up Cle & now everyone at #KMF23 gets to see how amazing she is as Signal Cleveland grows: knightfoundation.org/press/releases…
👀 Looking for paid opportunities to develop journalism skills that serve your neighborhood?
We train and pay Chicago Documenters to attend public meetings and publish the results via our #DocumentersNetwork !
Learn more and RSVP here: citybureau.org/events/2024/04…
Thanks Nieman Lab for the opportunity to talk about how AI and ML can support critical local reporting. At City Bureau and with our #DocumentersNetwork colleagues, the ways that we might use AI will always be built to support real people and the needs of our communities
It's the last weekend to apply to become our next #DocumentersNetwork Coordinator!
Help us grow a national participatory media network!
💰$57,500 & benefits
📍 Remote
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Is this you? Someone you know? Someone you 💕 Spread the word! Apply to help lead the #DocumentersNetwork by March 12! citybureau.org/director-of-ne…
