Journalists who have reported on ranked choice voting elections around the United States have identified best practices and common pitfalls in reporting on this method of voting. In June 2024, Sightline collaborated with the Agora Journalism Center at the University
Topic: Collaboration
Engaging the Emergence of Civic Media Ecosystems
As a precursor to the Online News Association’s national conference in Philadelphia, 120 community-driven innovators assembled at Temple University to address this question: “How do we advance journalism for all?”
University of Oregon students test a new framework for dialogue-driven reporting
17 students in DeVigal’s engaged journalism class used the Generative Dialogue Framework (GDF) to host small-group conversations with folks across the U.S., asking them about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and their perspectives on the new vaccine.
Shifting from a scarcity mindset to one of abundance widens the lens of what’s possible
How listening sessions and a statewide media collaboration in Oregon can help re-earn the trust of the public
Oregon journalists are experimenting with new way to report on governor’s race
No candidate on the Republican or Democratic ballot for governor was left out of this reporting effort
Oregon voters want more help from the press to learn about candidates for governor
In listening sessions, Oregonians say they don’t want journalists picking winners through coverage
Oregonians invited to ‘Let’s Talk’ session to share what they want from an Oregon governor
Oregon Capital Chronicle, Rural Development Initiatives and the Agora Journalism Center are leading regional virtual sessions to hear from Oregonians
Recommendations for moving toward an antiracist journalism education
Agora director Andrew DeVigal collaborated with the Engaged Journalism Exchange to host a Gather Lightning Chat and contributed with other academic scholars to produce this list of recommendations to shift journalism education closer to antiracism.
Rattled: Oregon’s Concussion Discussion is a joint project
Rattled: Oregon’s Concussion Discussion is a joint project of InvestigateWest, Pamplin Media Group and the Agora Journalism Center, made possible in part by grants from Meyer Memorial Trust and the Center for Cooperative Media.
Finding Common Ground
Finding Common Ground aimed to achieve cross-border collaboration with engagement practitioners in the media by supporting projects that get people to look up from their devices, meet people with different opinions, listen, and engage in meaningful and civil dialogue across silos and polarized positions.