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?”
Topic: Convening
Engaging Emergence: Advancing the Future of Journalism for All
The central question guiding Engaging Emergence was how to advance the future of journalism for all. This three-day participatory convening brought together 120 journalists, community organizers, researchers, educators, and funders engaged in civic media transformation.
How should journalists cover white nationalism? Agora Journalism Center is leading the discussion
Agora host a gathering to explore the challenges and ethical considerations faced by journalists when covering the topic of white nationalism.
Data Storytelling Workshop: Translating Information into Impact
The Agora Journalism Center convened over 60 data practitioners, storytellers, civic leaders, designers, journalists, and researchers for a day-long, hands-on Data Storytelling Workshop in Portland. We explored how data can be leveraged to tell more impactful stories and identified key stakeholders necessary for effective collaboration.
Elevate Engagement: Listening, Connection, and Trust
Elevate Engagement is a four-day gathering in Portland designed to explore how journalists, storytellers, and civic actors could rebuild trust and reimagine journalism’s role in public life.
Solutions Journalism Network launches Portland chapter at Agora event
Solutions journalism crafts rigorous and fact-driven stories documenting credible responses to societal problems. Rather than the traditional approach of reporting solely on things that have gone wrong, this type of journalism focuses on both what is working and what is not, delving deeper into the why and how.
Experience Engagement: Reimagining Relationships Between Journalism and Communities
What is possible when the public and journalists engage to support communities to thrive? This question guided Experience Engagement, a four-day working conference that convened journalists, organizers, artists, educators, researchers, funders, technologists, students, and civic practitioners in a shared space.
Storytelling with Data at Build-a-Thon
At our Storytelling with Data at Build-a-Thon, interdisciplinary teams were recruited within the community to produce data-driven stories inspired by themes around some of the biggest issues facing Portland and Oregon. Each team was comprised of journalists, developers, designers, subject matter experts and students.
Front 50: Listening at the Frontlines of Journalism’s Future
Front 50 marked the Agora Journalism Center’s inaugural gathering, serving as a foundational event to listen, learn, and establish our direction. We convened 50 community leaders, journalists, technologists, philanthropists, and civic innovators from across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Our objective was not to provide definitive answers, but to identify the most pressing questions.