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Engagement at Scale: Hearken Tech in 2020 and a look ahead into 2021
Engagement at Scale: Hearken Tech in 2020 and a look ahead into 2021
Co-authored by Anna Mass
Kavya Sukumar
Dec 28
Making a Difference: Looking Back at Election SOS Fellows Serving Democracy
Making a Difference: Looking Back at Election SOS Fellows Serving Democracy
Starting in October, 39 young journalists worked with 20 newsrooms across the country as a part of our Election SOS Fellowship program…
Christiana Lilly
Dec 17
Classifying Engagement: Hearken Wins Funding from the GNI Innovation Challenge
Classifying Engagement: Hearken Wins Funding from the GNI Innovation Challenge
Hearken is excited to announce an ambitious new capability to our technologies, funded in part by the Google News Initiative.
Jennifer Brandel
Dec 15
Pitch This: The best questions asked by newsrooms during the 2020 election
Pitch This: The best questions asked by newsrooms during the 2020 election
By Kerrie Vila Election SOS
Hearken
Dec 11
Election SOS Trusted Elections Expert Network: After The Count
Election SOS Trusted Elections Expert Network: After The Count
By Patricia McMahon Election SOS
Hearken
Dec 10
Election stories worth reporting in December 2020
Election stories worth reporting in December 2020
By Kerrie Vila Election SOS
Bridget Thoreson
Dec 1
How we launched a fellowship in less than 2 weeks
How we launched a fellowship in less than 2 weeks
By: Matthew Gladly, James Hoyt and Christiana Lilly
Christiana Lilly
Nov 23
When in doubt, keep asking your audience.
When in doubt, keep asking your audience.
In times of uncertainty, help your audience find answers.
Meredith Turk
Nov 19
Announcing the first Rapid Response Fund grant recipients for post-election coverage; second round…
Announcing the first Rapid Response Fund grant recipients for post-election coverage; second round…
Journalists across the country are working hard to keep their communities informed in the days and weeks after the election. And that…
Bridget Thoreson
Nov 16
Post-voting stories your newsroom should be telling
By Kerrie Vila, Election SOS
Bridget Thoreson
Nov 12
A Lesson From Mountain Climbing: November 3rd Is A ‘False Summit’
A Lesson From Mountain Climbing: November 3rd Is A ‘False Summit’
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ambiguity
James Hoyt
Oct 30
Newsrooms: Prepare For The Election To Go Off The Rails
Newsrooms: Prepare For The Election To Go Off The Rails
If you’re covering the US elections and you haven’t prepared for it to go utterly off the rails, then you’re not ready.
Jennifer Brandel
Oct 27
Meet this moment: 3 steps to focus your coverage on audience needs after Trump’s positive COVID…
Meet this moment: 3 steps to focus your coverage on audience needs after Trump’s positive COVID…
Reporting resources to cover the Trump news in a way that centers your audience.
Bridget Thoreson
Oct 2
Announcing Election SOS Fellowship Program, Pairing Students With Newsrooms
Announcing Election SOS Fellowship Program, Pairing Students With Newsrooms
A global pandemic, civil unrest across the nation, wildfires in the West, hurricanes to the East, and the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg…
Christiana Lilly
Sep 24
Why I joined Hearken: Listening shifts power
Why I joined Hearken: Listening shifts power
By Summer Fields
Summer Fields
Sep 15
Citizens Agenda in Action: 20 newsrooms turning to the public to focus their 2020 election coverage
Citizens Agenda in Action: 20 newsrooms turning to the public to focus their 2020 election coverage
A new portrait appears in every edition of the Santa Cruz Local newsletter, with a local resident’s response to this question: What do you…
Bridget Thoreson
Aug 17
Why I Joined Hearken: A Return to What Makes us Human
Why I Joined Hearken: A Return to What Makes us Human
By Kate Shipley Richey
Kate Richey
Aug 12
What will journalists do when Election Night becomes Election Week?
What will journalists do when Election Night becomes Election Week?
Or Month? How newsrooms can rise to the 2020 challenge
Bridget Thoreson
Aug 4
Engagement is highest in times of need
Engagement is highest in times of need
The story of COVID-19 has been told through phases — of infection, of lockdowns, of reopening and then rolling back.
Bridget Thoreson
Jul 20
How Hearken’s Co-founder Created A World-wide Dance Party
How Hearken’s Co-founder Created A World-wide Dance Party
Welcome to a post in our new series: Community Deep Dives. Hearken knows that engagement and community growth are topics that apply to…
Meredith Turk
Jun 30
Lessons for thriving organizations from Co-Op Living
Lessons for thriving organizations from Co-Op Living
Welcome to a post in our new series: Community Deep Dives. Hearken knows that engagement and community growth are topics that apply to…
Meredith Turk
Jun 26
A new chapter for Hearken, a new chapter for me
A new chapter for Hearken, a new chapter for me
Hi reader. Thanks for seeing this headline and being curious enough to click.
Jennifer Brandel
Jun 25
ROE: Return On Engagement — the metric of care and community
ROE: Return On Engagement — the metric of care and community
Learn the CARE framework for engagement and how to turn connection into sustainability.
Chelsea Haring
Jun 24
Announcing free election training for journalists
Announcing free election training for journalists
Election SOS now accepting applications to develop listening-based coverage strategies
Bridget Thoreson
May 13
Welcome to the “Let’s Get In Formation” Age
Welcome to the “Let’s Get In Formation” Age
“If we provide information, then the public will take action,” said journalism.
Jennifer Brandel
Apr 27
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