We hope you enjoyed attending this year’s Collaborative Journalism Summit. And if you weren’t able to make it, well, this post is especially for you.
Below you will find links to the presentations, videos and articles mentioned during the conference. If we missed something, please let us know! We will be adding additional videos from each keynote session over the next several days. And of course, we will be adding all of these resources and much more to www.collaborativejournalism.org. If you haven’t yet taken our survey about the event, please take a moment to do so.
In the meantime, happy collaborating!
Stories from 2018 Collaborative Journalism Summit
- 5 cool things from the 2018 Collaborative Journalism Summit
- Mainstream media need to actively look for ways to partner with ethnic media
- Projects to fight disinformation in elections popping up all over the world
- 15 News Outlets, One Topic: Philadelphia’s Reentry Project
- Summit brings journalists together to talk collaboration
- With 5 minutes on the clock, journalists share their collaborative experiences
Photo gallery from 2018 Collaborative Journalism Summit
Welcome by Keith Strudler, Director, Montclair State University School of Communication and Media
Welcome by Stefanie Murray, Director, Center for Cooperative Media
Opening keynote: Lessons from ethnic media collaborations: How partnerships between mainstream and specific community media benefit news ecosystems, Daniela Gerson, assistant professor, California State University Northridge; senior fellow, Democracy Fund. Research being presented on behalf of the American Press Institute.
- Slides from presentation
- Video of the panel (keynote starts at 23:51)
- Article Daniela discussed (latest in the series): How Can Collaborations Between Ethnic and Mainstream Outlets Serve Communities?
- Migratory Notes, a smart weekly guide to immigration news.
Welcome from our sponsors
The state of collaboration: An overview of collaborative journalism in the U.S. and abroad (video)
Morning keynote: How CrossCheck fought misinformation during the French elections (and how the U.S. could use its lessons for 2018 midterms)
- Speaker: Gregoire Lemarchand, deputy global editor-in-chief and head of social networks for Agence France-Presse
- Slides from presentation
- Video about CrossCheck, produced by the Google News Initiative
- Final report about CrossCheck: “The Impact of CrossCheck on Journalists and the Audience.”
Conversation and Q+A session about collaborative election projects happening around the world this year to fight misinformation, including ones in Brazil, Mexico and the U.S.
Host: Jon Funabiki, Renaissance Journalism and San Francisco State University
- Panelists: Gregoire Lemarchand, AFP; Aimee Rinehart, First Draft; Tom Trewinnard, Meedan; and Maria Sanchez Diez, partner manager, Electionland
- Verificado 2018
- First Draft’s free, one-hour online verification quick training
- Photo verification guide
- Video verification guide
- Chrome extension for verification
Case study lightning talks
Host: Lataya Rothmiller, Montclair State University
The lightning talks listed below were held consecutively in the presentation hall of the Montclair State University School of Communication and Media building. No video is available, but we have shared the presentation slides and relevant materials when applicable.
- Rattled: The Concussion Discussion in Oregon slides
Speaker: Lee van der Voo, managing director, InvestigateWest
Website for project is at RattledInOregon.org - Documenting Hate slides
Speaker: Rachel Glickhouse, partner manager, ProPublica - Guns & America and the Audion Fellowship slides
Speakers: Jeremy Bernfeld, Director of Collaborative Reporting, WAMU 88.5; Andi McDaniel, Chief Content Officer at WAMU - Election Night Open Newsroom article
Speakers: Lataya Rothmiller, Montclair State University; Joe Amditis, Center for Cooperative Media - The Telegraph, Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Center for Collaborative Journalism slides
Speakers: Tim Regan-Porter, JSK Stanford fellow; Debbie Blankenship, interim director/journalist in residence at Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University - Giving Away the (Wind) Farm slides
Speakers: Kirstin McCudden, managing editor of digital and multimedia content at Kansas City PBS - Lessons from Open: Housing: The challenges we faced and how you can learn from them slides
Speaker: John Schrag, executive editor, Pamplin Media Group - Broke in Philly slides
Speaker: Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, editor of Broke in Philly and executive director of Resolve Philadelphia
Workshops
The workshops listed below were held concurrently in their respective breakout rooms within the Montclair State University School of Communication and Media building. No video is available, but we have shared the presentation slides and relevant materials when applicable.
- Partnering with public radio stations: Lessons from one of the most prolific collaborators in the business
Speaker: Nancy Solomon, managing editor, WNYC
Projects reviewed during the presentation:
The Waiting Game
The Asylum Paradox
Voting Block
Trump Inc.
Unsettled: A story from the global refugee crisis - How libraries can partner to serve community news needs
Speakers: Eric Abrahamson, board chair, Black Hills Knowledge Network/South Dakota Dashboard
Charlotte-Anne Lucas, NOWcastSA
Slides from Eric Abrahamson
Slides from Charlotte-Anne Lucas - Collaborative cross-border journalism workshop: Tips for how any reporter can build their own network and start collaborating slides
Speaker: Guilherme Amado, JSK Fellow and investigative reporter for the Brazilian O Globo daily newspaper - National-to-local collaborations: Lessons, best practices on localizing national stories and data slides
Speaker: Ziva Branstetter, senior editor, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting - Solutions Journalism Network presents a playbook for collaboration slides
Speakers: Liza Gross, vice president of newsroom practice change at Solutions Journalism Network
Link to the playbook
Solutions Journalism Network website - Tracking impact: Measuring the ‘So What’ in collaborative journalism slides
Speakers: Kara Wentworth, Strategic Impact Analyst, Twin Cities PBS; and Sarah Stonbely, Center for Cooperative Media
Collaborative journalism impact worksheet
Collaborative journalism impact resources
Afternoon keynote: Managing a collaborative: Best practices and considerations for workflow, project management and technology
- Speaker: Heather Bryant, director, Project Facet
Slides from presentation
Collaborative journalism workbook
Lessons from Miami’s Black-Owned Media Alliance
- Speaker: Dexter Bridgeman, CEO, MIA Media Group
Slides from presentation
Press clippings:
- Collaboration and insights: Here’s what you missed at two useful journalism conferences last week | Nieman Lab
- Morning Mediawire: An unexpected boom in ‘Documenting Hate’ | Poynter
- Media Outlets Are Having Trouble Keeping Up with Hate Crime Reports in Trump Era | AlterNet
- Collaboration and the creation of a new journalism commons | Columbia Journalism Review
Collaborative Journalism Slack Channel:
- Join our Slack channel at collaborativenews.slack.com.
Summit feedback survey
- If you haven’t yet taken our survey about the event, please take a moment to do so.
Have questions? Want to add something to this list? Contact the Center for Cooperative Media:
- Stefanie Murray, director
[email protected]
(973) 655-3879
@StefanieMurray - Joe Amditis, associate director
[email protected]
(973) 655-5554
@jsamditis - Sarah Stonbely, research director
[email protected]
(973) 655-5541
@SarahStonbely - Carla Baranauckas, local/national partnerships coordinator
[email protected]
(973) 655-5543
@cabara