Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
20 July 2021
Kansas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When courthouses and in-person government meetings shut down because of COVID-19, officials satisfied Kansas’ open meeting mandate by using pandemic relief aid to equip buildings with the technology needed to live str...
16 July 2021
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
When Ann Arbor created a citizen panel overseeing its police department, it chose the approach that research shows is the one best suited to having real authority, and thus the most likely to reduce racial disparities...
30 June 2021
Oakland, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
With a long string of questionable uses of force and huge payouts to settle brutality lawsuits, the Vallejo Police Department might look to nearby Oakland for one approach to achieving better, more accountable policin...
29 June 2021
Gurgaon, India
Text
800-1500 Words
In 71 cities around the world, users of the My Safetipin mobile app can decide whether to visit a particular neighborhood or plan a travel route based on how safe others deem those places. While the 100,000 or so user...
Living Here
Anna Lamb-Yorski
16 June 2021
Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
A new aluminum plant in British Columbia would have ended up putting more sulphur dioxide into the air, but the Kitimat Terrace Clean Air Coalition (KTCAC) helped bring this to light and encourage them to install air ...
11 June 2021
St-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
To reduce overdose deaths from the increasing number of deadly substances found in street drugs, Centre SIDA Amitié uses lab testing to help understand exactly what drugs users are putting in their bodies and how to s...
21 May 2021
Janefal, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
To increase the rate of those receiving the Covid vaccine, the village of Janefal in India implemented a public awareness campaign founded on building trust with local community members. Leading the charge was a task ...
17 May 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Five years after the FBI started tracking how often police use force, the majority of police departments still fail to comply and the FBI refuses to release publicly what information it has collected. The policy was e...
3 May 2021
Hawaii, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Community organizing effectively blocked many development projects on O‘ahu that, while involving desirable outcomes like renewable energy, public parks, or affordable housing, failed to consider input from local comm...
29 April 2021
California, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
A decade after California established its forest offset program as a way to incentivize saving trees to store carbon, a new analysis shows that it might not be working. Loopholes in the program allow for people to cla...
28 April 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Social media influencers are using “pre-bunking” -- the practice of exposing people to misinformation and offering expert-backed explanations of why it isn’t true before they see the misinformation in the wild – as a ...
26 April 2021
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
To help address Covid vaccine hesitancy, the non-profit marketing firm Ad Council and its partners developed a multi-dimensional public service campaign. Relying on a balance between appealing to personal responsibili...
20 April 2021
India
Text
1500-3000 Words
Law Rewired, run by law students and an advisory board of legal scholars, translates complex laws and landmark court decisions into plain language so people can understand them. Real-world examples, easy to read bulle...
9 April 2021
Colbert, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After Georgian residents raised concerns about a pollutant that was being emitted by a nearby biomass plant, they banded together to pass legislation that effectively put an end to the practice. These concerned reside...
9 April 2021
Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Court Watch PG acts as a traditional court watch program for Maryland's Prince George's County, but with a twist: the two formerly incarcerated women running it turned adversity, in the form of the pandemic's shutdown...
Grady Newsource
Trey Young
7 April 2021
Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
11Alive, a Georgia news station, runs a program called "Verify" that helps residents get accurate information and slow the spread of disinformation. Viewers submit a form online or via an app to request any piece of i...
7 April 2021
Sedalia, Missouri, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Seven teen suicides in one county over a two-year span prompted residents whose lives were touched by suicide to form DeFeet, an educational and advocacy group devoted to the message that suicide is preventable. Thank...
7 April 2021
Oklahoma, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
It took almost 100 years to expand education curriculum in Oklahoma to make significantly expand teaching about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Although the social studies standards in Oklahoma are updated every six ...
6 April 2021
Mexico
Text
800-1500 Words
Verificovid was started by a group of friends to combat pandemic-related misinformation in Mexico. They work with a group of government doctors to identify, track, investigate, and disprove misinformation. The group p...
29 March 2021
Johannesburg, South Africa
Text
Under 800 Words
Over 55,000 people have become “virtual rangers,” helping to protect South Africa’s Balule Nature Reserve from poachers. Officials at the reserve teamed up with Samsung and Africam to increase the ability to keep watc...
8 March 2021
District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, with the help of scientists, academics, and other volunteers, preserved EPA data and information that the Trump administration sought to erase. They held “guerrilla ar...
1 March 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted much of the healthcare system, but the U.S.'s transplant system was largely able to rebound due to collaborative efforts and a pivot to telehealth for post-operative appointments. Addit...
1 March 2021
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
As local journalism businesses struggle with dwindling advertising and readership, posing a threat to accountability journalism focused on state and local governments, nonprofit newsrooms are filling some of the void....
28 February 2021
Washington D.C., United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Principals in the D.C. area have developed tailored approaches to rebuild trust with families who are wary of letting their children return to in-person classes amid the pandemic. These approaches include close, const...
26 February 2021
New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In the more than five years since New York's governor ordered the attorney general to take charge of investigations and prosecutions when police kill unarmed people, only three police officers have been charged with c...
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