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Jake Lynch

Jake Lynch

Need help reporting on Appalachia ahead of the 2020 election? We’ve got you.

By their own admission, America’s major national news outlets did a terrible job of understanding and reporting on what was happening in…

Oct 20, 2019

Need help reporting on Appalachia ahead of the 2020 election? We’ve got you.

Oct 20, 2019

Jake Lynch

Quick, give that kid a microphone.

It was something Zoe Hill said that made me realize how important it is that we in the media do a better job of asking high school kids how…

Aug 28, 2018

Quick, give that kid a microphone.

Aug 28, 2018

Jake Lynch

What Is Water?

Maybe the worst thing that us advocates and proponents of “engaged journalism” did was to call it something.

Jul 17, 2018

What Is Water?

Jul 17, 2018

Jake Lynch

Four engaged journalism experiments in four very different Appalachian communities.

Between January and June of this year I planned and hosted four engaged journalism projects in communities across Appalachia, designed to…

Jul 5, 2018

Four engaged journalism experiments in four very different Appalachian communities.

Jul 5, 2018

Jake Lynch

What can the Ensley Asks project teach us about the sustainability problem in engaged journalism?

Ensley Asks provides a platform for locals to ask any questions they have about events impacting their community, and for local reporters…

Jun 28, 2018

What can the Ensley Asks project teach us about the sustainability problem in engaged journalism?

Jun 28, 2018

Jake Lynch

I knew some folks would think it was weird.

The idea was to do something unexpected.

Jun 14, 2018

I knew some folks would think it was weird.

Jun 14, 2018

Jake Lynch

Talking to the kids, where they are.

The basic premise behind this whole Engaged Journalism thing is that we are losing people.

May 8, 2018

Talking to the kids, where they are.

May 8, 2018

Jake Lynch

Pushing the Envelope in Pittsburgh: could pitch-party model be a new source of funding for local…

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say.

Apr 16, 2018

Apr 16, 2018

Jake Lynch

You don’t ask a dude you’ve just met to help you move house.

In my exploration these past few months into the theory and practice of engaged journalism, I’ve seen that when it comes to recruiting and…

Apr 2, 2018

Apr 2, 2018

Jake Lynch

6 Free and Dead Simple Engaged Journalism Tricks Any Newsroom Can Try Tomorrow

As the new Community Engagement Editor for 100 Days in Appalachia, I’ve been tasked with creating a series of experiments in “engaged…

Mar 19, 2018

6 Free and Dead Simple Engaged Journalism Tricks Any Newsroom Can Try Tomorrow

Mar 19, 2018

Jake Lynch

Jake Lynch

Hybrid Australian/West Virginian, friend of dogs, enemy of cats. These posts are about work I'm doing as Community Engagement Editor at 100 Days in Appalachia.

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