Engagement at LAist

You have to get beyond an orientation toward “headline-worthy” developments to truly track progress.

Why getting engagement tech stacks right is critical to expanding this work

One hurdle to operationalizing engagement? Getting to a shared definition.

You deserve great local news — and we need your help to find those stories.

A playbook for reporters interested in reaching people at risk of being undercounted

When California Governor Gavin Newsom took office in January 2019, he declared early childhood education his priority. The news came as no…

In 2018, early childhood education and development reporter Priska Neely spent months reporting on the black infant mortality crisis in…

The work emerges from a human-centered design process to help KPCC rethink its approach to early childhood education coverage.

Our relevance and sustainability is intimately connected to how many people are active in public life and therefore seeking information…

Human-centered design guided us toward a new set of guidelines for covering the climate emergency.

The work to distribute ‘The Adult’s Guide For Getting To College In California’ took our paper distribution efforts to a new level.

Here’s a case for investing in local election guides, especially for those obscure, down-ballot races.

We’re working with the local libraries to hand out thousands of these booklets in multiple languages to more than 150 branches across LA.

Perhaps now more than ever, fostering civic involvement and shining a light on anti-democratic shifts is crucial.