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Five core challenges to Advancing Community-Centered Journalism (and how to overcome them)
How to shift mindsets and structures to prioritize community engagement
This is an extract from my September 2024 report on Advancing Community-Centered Journalism. Read Chapter 1 on the principles that underpin this practice here.
Community-Centered Journalism offers significant benefits for both communities and newsrooms, but its implementation is not without challenges. This chapter explores five common obstacles and suggests ways to address them. We’ll also discuss broader strategies for expanding the practice of Community-Centered Journalism in Chapter 3.
In our interviews, we asked experts about the biggest opportunities and challenges facing Community-Centered Journalism. In this section, we turn to the key impediments that practitioners often face and offer recommendations to help address them.
Challenge 1: Organizational Culture
One of the most significant obstacles to implementing Community-Centered Journalism can be the existing culture within…
