The digital journalists at The Seattle Times recently unionized, joining their newsroom peers in the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild. This is a diary of that process: their timeline, resources they relied on, and decision points you might face as you consider a organizing effort in your own newsroom.

Part of an occasional series offering feedback for journalism as an industry, through observations from news nerds who have recently left the field and still love it.

We heard repeatedly in 2020 that people wanted a space dedicated to anti-racism and equity work, where they could also share working knowledge and ask questions. So many people scattered across journalism organizations are already trying to make their newsrooms anti-racist and equitable — what kind of changes could we bring about if we worked together, shared knowledge together, took action together, and helped each other?

We’re excited to share highlights from the first News Product Alliance Summit.

We’re excited to share highlights from the first News Product Alliance Summit.

We’re excited to share highlights from the first News Product Alliance Summit.

We’re excited to share highlights from the first News Product Alliance Summit.

Part of an occasional series offering feedback for journalism as an industry, through observations from news nerds who have recently left the field and still love it.

Part of an occasional series offering feedback for journalism as an industry, through observations from news nerds who have recently left the field and still love it.

Data journalists from eight California newsrooms all benefit from a joint data-collection effort. Here’s how the collaboration works to free up more time for local journalism.

We spent August and September in conversation with local journalists covering COVID-19, asking what they need most

How ProPublica developed a caching technique that isn’t exactly a static site generator but retains many of the benefits of one, allowing them to retain the CMS workflows they love.

How we planned and ran the SRCCON 2020 Watch Parties

We teamed up to build a dashboard that shows two kinds of data: how widespread COVID–19 is in a community, alongside health indicators that show how some people are more at risk. We’ve open-sourced the project so you can use it too.

For the first time in 50 years, Black and other journalists of color (JOC) are waging a public campaign to air newsroom grievances. How do we move away from 50 years of lip service to sustained newsroom diversity? This survey points the way.

For the next several months, OpenNews and Big Local News will work with local journalists to develop resources their newsrooms can use to better cover COVID-19. What should that support look like? We don’t know yet! But you can help us figure it out.

The Covid Public Info project launched this spring, and has alreadycollected input from thousands of individual community members, filed hundreds of public records requests, and compared notes with dozens of journalists. Here are some highlights of what we’ve learned so far, and ways for you to get involved.

A field-tested set of reports, patterns, and techniques that can help your newsroom think about how to execute a data-driven strategy for membership.

As new COVID-19 hot spots popped up across the country and states began to release data by race and ethnicity, the team at Kaiser Health News reported on why the illness was striking Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans so intensely. Here’s how you can use the data to report on your community.

A variety of datasets can help journalists track the spread of COVID-19. But which should you rely on? What’s the difference between them? What are the advantages and disadvantages to each? This guide will walk you through four major COVID-19 data sources: Johns Hopkins University, COVID Tracking Project, USAFacts, and The New York Times.