Insights from the JSK Community Impact Fellows on medium:

JSK Community Impact Fellow
independent journalist
Cleveland, Ohio
Helping citizens in Cleveland’s East Side neighborhoods liberate public information and records that answer important questions affecting their everyday lives through the TransparentCle initiative.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
independent journalist / Conecta Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Connecting Spanish-speakers along the Arizona-Mexico border and throughout the state with trustworthy information about the novel coronavirus pandemic on Whatsapp, in local newspapers, on radio and on other platforms.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
executive director, Outlier Media
Detroit, Michigan
Building a federated business model for publications in Detroit that serve low-wealth Black and brown communities.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
investigative reporter, Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho
Providing comprehensive multimedia and bilingual coronavirus coverage to Idaho Latinos, especially in isolated farmworking communities.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
founder and editor-in-chief, Southerly
Durham, North Carolina
Reaching rural communities of color in Southern news deserts through deep listening; collaborative projects with local news organizations; and creative information-sharing about environmental issues.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
engagement manager, News414
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Identifying, reporting and delivering reliable information to meet the needs of Black and brown Milwaukee residents on the city’s north and south sides.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
community engagement reporter, WBGO
Newark, New Jersey
Bringing together local reporters and media makers to respond to the information needs and concerns of people of color during the novel coronavirus pandemic through the Newark News and Story Collaborative.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
founder and director, Code for South Florida
Miami, Florida
Implementing participatory budgeting to connect diverse poor and middle-class communities with vital civic information that affects their neighborhoods and quality of life.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
co-director, New Mexico Local News Fund
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Assessing community information needs in Albuquerque’s South Valley, International District and Westgate neighborhoods and helping develop solutions to close information gaps caused by systemic racism and neglect.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
co-founder and publisher, The Mendocino Voice
Ukiah, California
Training Latino and Indigenous local residents to directly report news of and for the community in Mendocino’s news deserts.

JSK Community Impact Fellow
co-creator, Sense LA
Los Angeles, California
Helping immigrant communities and other people of color access municipal meeting information during the coronavirus pandemic and provide public comments so that their voices are heard by officials making policy and budget decisions.