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Collaboration can harness the power of technology and data for better story discovery

By Marnette Federis

Posted on May 18, 2023
An event report from Story Discovery At Scale, bringing people together to work on tools and sustainability for local journalism.
How California newsrooms teamed up to gather pandemic data

By Vignesh Ramachandran

Posted on October 23, 2020
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.
The conversations local newsrooms should be having about COVID-19 coverage

By Ryan Pitts

Posted on October 15, 2020
We spent August and September in conversation with local journalists covering COVID-19, asking what they need most
COVID-19 story recipe: A dashboard with at-risk health indicators

By Dana Amihere, Alexandra Kanik, Lisa Pickoff-White, and Emily Zentner

Posted on September 1, 2020
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.
Tell us what you need to cover COVID-19

By Ryan Pitts

Posted on August 12, 2020
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.
Buddying up with the news-nerd community

By Ryan Pitts

Posted on February 26, 2020
Where do you turn with a question that’s stopping your data project in its tracks? If you don’t have a news-nerd colleague nearby, there’s a whole community out there happy to help. Here are three ways you can tap into networks of support, both right now and next week.
What Product Teams Should Know About Working With Newsrooms

By Brittany Hite and Christopher Chung

Posted on February 4, 2020
Editorial and product teams are more effective and impactful when they work together, not separately. Here’s a guide to help product teams better understand their news colleagues.
How to Build an App for 14 Member Newsrooms

By Denise Malan

Posted on December 4, 2014
What INN’s newsroom technology team learned about inter-organizational collaboration while building Power Players, and what they’ll do differently next time.