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If you prefer to use voice memo to take notes, did you know you can do it in a Google doc?
To turn on voice typing, go into tools in the menu bar.
Scroll down to Voice Typing (which also can be turned on with CTRL+SHIFT+S).
Start talking into your mic (make sure it’s red) and dictate away!
What do you want local candidates to talk about as they compete for your vote in November?
More than 20 newsrooms have taken a citizen’s agenda approach to covering this year’s election and the results have led to a deeper understanding of what’s important to communities.
Bridget Thoreson of Hearken recently posted “You’re the Boss” is a collaboration a progress report about the projects. between WNIJ and Illinois Newspapers of the USA Today Network. One example: Northern Public Radio in Illinois Illustration by Spencer Tritt collaborated with the Rockford Register Star on their “You’re the Boss” series to engage with both new audiences and long-time listeners.
The collaboration has received more than 50 responses via Hearken. Five key takeaways will be publishing in September.
“It’s been way more authentic, the conversations we have had. There’s nothing to lose. There’s just so much at stake,” said News Director Jenna Dooley.
Other examples to engage the public include creating Election 2020 newsletters, hosting online conversations and using Google Forms.
A key part of the engagement is sharing the results with the public and having politicians answer to the questions.
Learn more about the projects here.
We're Engaged!
A quick look at community engagement efforts around public media.
The Mountain West is home to a quarter of the nation’s news deserts and, like much of the country, it’s enduring high unemployment, a surge in COVID-19 cases, as well as reckoning with a history of racism and police violence. Nate Hegyi of the Mountain West News Bureau will be To learn more about what’s on the leaving on his 900-mile bike ride at the end of August. minds of residents here, Nate Hegyi, a rural reporter for our partner network Mountain West News Bureau, is embarking on a 900-mile cycling trip. He'll be crisscrossing the continental divide in August and September and stopping in towns along the way in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado.
He hopes to learn about what’s on people’s minds ahead of the election and will invite some to a virtual conversation after the trip ends.
Read more about Nate’s project here.
More details on our National Listening Sessions
We’ve made some updates to our National Listening Sessions project! Registration links are now available for individual sessions around the following five topics:
Our money: What are my concerns when it comes to jobs and our financial futures? Voting: Is it worth it? Do I have access? Do I trust it? The American Dream: What does it mean to me? Does it apply to everyone? My community’s future: What will it look like in 6 months, in a year? How will we survive? Mental well-being: What am I doing for my anxieties, fears, hopes and dreams?
For more information, read the story on our site.
Resource center
The Public Media Development and Marketing Conference (PMDMC) is hosting a webinar today (Wednesday, August 19) on how stations have reimagined their event schedules to provide meaningful experiences for audiences, presenters and artists.
The panel includes station event leaders from 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, WFYI and WBUR.
The hour-long webinar is at 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT/10 a.m. PT
Register here.
Iseechange seeks partners for climate change projects
If you’re working on or are planning to work on a project about climate change, check out ISeeChange, a global community that aggregates social media posts about environmental changes to inform journalism projects.
Each post is synced with weather and climate data and broadcast to the community to investigate bigger picture climate trends.
ISeeChange is recruiting more media groups to its network to help communities better understand their changing environment. WNYC and KPCC are among their partners.
Read their stories here.
Reminder: Report For America seeks host newsrooms
Report for America is taking applications for host newsrooms for 2021-22. The fellowship covers half a reporter’s salary, up to $25,000. The newsroom and/or local donors split the rest. Newsrooms make the final reporter selection.
RFA placed 225 reporters in newsrooms across the country in 2020-21, including at KOSU, Iowa Public Radio, The Public's Radio and WFPL. The nonprofit was recently announced as one of six finalists in 100&Change, a global competition for a single $100 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Applications are due Sept. 30. Apply here.
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