Lessons from the Finalists
We had a chance to catch up with most of the finalists of this year’s OJA/Gather Award in Community-Centered Journalism earlier this week when they shared lessons learned from their engaged journalism projects. Watch their Gather Lightning Chats below:
Adam Mahoney and John Thomason from the Grist on In the Shadow of the Refineries for Micro/Small newsroom:
We also want to recognize the other finalist in this category: Up The Block from The Trace.
And for the Medium/Large newsrooms, we hear from Stefanie Ritoper of Southern California Public Radio and Jenny Stratton & Samantha Cabrera Friend of Catchlight on their respective projects Caring for Children in the Pandemic and Meeting History: A Garfield Park Citizen Archive.
You can also visit the Lightning Chat on Gather to access their slide decks — 2022 OJA/Gather Award in Engaged Journalism:
Check out the complete list of finalists for the 2022 Online Journalism Awards (#OJA22)! I’m thrilled to announce the winners again in person during the Online Journalism Awards Banquet and Ceremony this Saturday in Los Angeles! Hope to see you there!
— Andrew DeVigal, Gather’s executive director
Andrew DeVigal is an endowed chair in journalism innovation and civic engagement at the University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication as well as the director of the school’s Agora Journalism Center, the forum for the future of local news and civic health. DeVigal is also the executive director of Gather and can be reached at andrew.devigal-at-gmail.com.
