But it starts at the top, and you need to have a hand in the solution.

We all have to stop assuming everyone understands language, or references. It’s alienating.

For leaders, dealing with imposter syndrome means gently pushing our people into seeing their own success.

Sincerely, Leaders of Color is written for everyone in the journalism industry who cares about creating a more supportive environment for journalists of color to do their best work.

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.