A Friday evening launch of a new role at OpenNews? Yes! Your reward for being terminally online at the start of a 3-day weekend. 😉 We need a community manager to help us with our peer support and connection work. It's part time, flexible and includes our Press Forward project! Apply by Sept. 15!

We're catching up with #srccon2025 folks today in our @opennews.bsky.social community call. Join us at 12 p.m. ET!

We're happy to report that OpenNews received a grant from Press Forward to co-develop what we're calling "Emergency Mode for News" with partners at @nclocal.bsky.social and @newspack.com! (1/3) opennews.org/blog/press-f...

Big news: With the support from Press Forward, we will address the emotional and organizational health needs of journalists and media leaders who inform in under-resourced conditions and belong to under-served communities. www.pressforward.news/22-projects-... #PressForward #LocalNews

We're happy to report that OpenNews received a grant from Press Forward to co-develop what we're calling "Emergency Mode for News" with partners at @nclocal.bsky.social and @newspack.com! (1/3) opennews.org/blog/press-f...

Best conference food goes to @opennews.bsky.social

Back at #SRCCON25 starting a new live thread Here’s a great photo of @lizkellynelson.com that @mattkiser.bsky.social took yesterday to brighten your day ☀️

It's here! #SRCCON2025 kicked off this morning with a whole bunch of good vibes and introductions to each other and the SRCCON experience. Welcome, folks! We're so excited for what's to come over the next two days. Make this space yours!

Great crowd, room and sponsors (on the big screen) at SRCCON2025 @opennews.bsky.social this morning.

v excited to be at @opennews.bsky.social 's SRCCON, the conference that acknowledges the serious problems in journalism and builds community to fix them, and I intend not to shut up about it for the next few days let's goooo

The SRCCON 2025 schedule is live! And this time it features an "unconference" session block on day 2. We know you'll have so much to discuss in the moment with new and old friends that we set aside a time for you to get organized before you leave. And social sessions are still to come!

It was fun serving on the @opennews.bsky.social community panel for @srccon.bsky.social 2025. It's also one of the reasons I'll spend a lot of time in Minneapolis this summer. Looking forward to seeing folks there! 2025.srccon.org

Community call tomorrow, 05/15, at noon ET! Join us to chat about an effort to crowdsource guidance for immigration and diaspora reporting that goes beyond the horrors of the current news cycle and builds on the work of journalists writing for these communities (instead of about them). Read more:

Community call is today! Join us at noon ET to take a look at SciLine and The Open Notebook's resources for science reporting. Their tip sheets help with specific issues, like vetting sources, but there's more support, including a Slack community of practice to connect with others. Join below!

SRCCON 2025 is coming this summer! We're looking for volunteers, planning a good time at our social sessions and doing all the little things to help you find who or what you need as we convene in Minneapolis in July. Did you check out our program? Start there then sign up! 2025.srccon.org/program/

The weekend is a good time to check out the SRCCON 2025 program — featuring over 30+ engaging, essential sessions for those coming to Minneapolis July 10-11. There's still room if you want to join us! Fill out the call for participation and get ready to dive into these topics with the community.

I'll be presenting a session this year at SRCCON on how I backed up data.cdc.gov and tracked changes to it. I also hope for this to be an interactive session where we can collaboratively think about what else we can all be doing to save data. 2025.srccon.org/program/ @opennews.bsky.social

When I started working with journalists, Lindsay Muscato recommended I go to SRCCON. This year, @lizkellynelson.com and I are facilitating a session on building your journalism brand independent of an outlet. Come to SRCCON this July in Minneapolis! 2025.srccon.org/program/ @opennews.bsky.social

Our March 13 community call (that's today at noon ET!) features Heather Bryant and journalism.wtf, a site to help journalists navigate resources available to them. If you've ever pined for a "support" directory when looking for help, ideas or community in news, here it is! Join online or dial in!

The call for session proposals and travel stipends ends in less than an hour at 5 p.m. ET! Fill out the CFP to attend a conference built around connection! SRCCON 2025 is coming back to Minnesota July 10-11 to have the deep conversations around tech and work culture we need to have. Join us!

The CFP session and stipend deadline is now March 10th, 5pm ET! Many of us are at NICAR, so let's focus on the conference and use the weekend to submit your ideas & travel stipend requests! Take those great #NICAR25 sessions & keep the conversation going at SRCCON! 2025.srccon.org/participatio...

We put SRCCON 2025 together, but it really is your event: a panel of community members reviews sessions proposals, fun social sessions are based on your common interests, and good food and scheduled breaks keep you going through each day. Join us! Fill out the CFP by 03/07 with your session ideas!

We put SRCCON 2025 together, but it really is your event: a panel of community members reviews sessions proposals, fun social sessions are based on your common interests, and good food and scheduled breaks keep you going through each day. Join us! Fill out the CFP by 03/07 with your session ideas!

SRCCON is the best journalism conference there is, and I don't just say that because I founded it. It's become better and better even after I left. You, journalism (or j-adjacent) person, should submit a session proposal.

Want to imagine a better future for journalism together? Come to SRCCON 2025! You've got a little more than a week to submit your SRCCON session ideas and apply for a stipend to attend the conference this summer. Fill out the call for participation by March 7! 2025.srccon.org/participatio...

The OpenNews community call starts at the top of the hour, noon ET! Join us today to talk about the SRCCON 2025 call for participation and representing data through sound with RJI fellow Aura Walmer. Info here: opennews.org/what/communi...

Data sonification come to the community call tomorrow, 02/20 at noon ET! Join us and RJI fellow, Aura Walmer, to talk about what data can sound like and its applications for journalists! Check out the agenda and see how to join here: opennews.org/what/communi...

Minneapolis bound! ✈️ SRCCON is back July 10-11! Help us make the 2025 conference with our call for participation! Submit your session ideas on how we work, what you love outside of work, and what you want to do together in community with news nerds 🤓 like you. Deadline: March 7 2025.srccon.org

Last call! The application for Scholarships+ closes overnight. Tell your friends.

We're one week out from the 02/06 deadline for the first round of OpenNews Scholarships+! Need some support to make it to a conference? Pay for training? Some other idea / project? Apply and let your friends know! Email us at [email protected] with questions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Thanks to Open News for having us today! We hope you get a chance to look at this great toolkit we built with @theappeal.org on centering care in your org

Get a stipend to go to a training or a conference from @opennews.bsky.social! Open News is offering $250 and $500 for US-based journalists and journalism tech workers. Apply by Feb 6

Jumping on our community call in about five minutes! Come chat with me and Kat Duncan of RJI about The Appeal's Care & Collaboration Toolkit! And ask me any questions you have about OpenNews Scholarships+ program! Join us: meetings.dialpad.com/room/opennews

The OpenNews community call is back in an hour (noon ET)! We'll chat about The Appeal's Care & Collaboration Toolkit, our scholarship app and a survey on community that will help us with some things we're cooking up! 🧑‍🍳🍲 Join us: meetings.dialpad.com/room/opennews theappeal.org/care-collabo...

My one caveat to the good news: I'm sorry on behalf of OpenNews that we scheduled our conference at the same time as NAHJ in Chicago this year. SRCCON works in part due to great, existing partners in MN. We didn't have any other dates that worked. I'll keep brainstorming ways to make up for it! 🙏

It’s always an exciting day when we get to make the big announcement about the next iteration of SRCCON! That day is today. We'll see you in Minneapolis July 10-11, 2025! Save the date! srccon.org

The OpenNews Community Call is back at 12 p.m. ET! It's a low-key check-in to see how folks feel and what's going on near them. Join us! You can join the voice-only call via Dialpad by calling in at 312-967-0970 or via this link at the top of the hour. meetings.dialpad.com/room/opennew....

Election Day means lots of questions. But unlike elections past, we've got a Slack community full of experts to help you answer them. If you've got a few minutes this morning, either fill out the application to join us or share it with someone who needs it this week! bit.ly/urgentcare-s...

Prepped your Election Day plan and wondering if you've got everything you need? The ElectionSOS team, @jessicahuseman.bsky.social and @minnpost.bsky.social are connecting tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET to discuss just that. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Such a great program from @jessicahuseman.bsky.social and @votebeat.bsky.social: Any journalist at a local or nonprofit newsroom can sign up to access a Slack channel with 75+ voting experts volunteering their time and expertise on the record. Sign up here: accounts.muckrock.com/election-hub...

"Relationships are the currency of change." The trauma-informed leadership workshop at #SRCCON makes the case for true connection as the foundation to team health and support. That takes time, intentionality and a steady drumbeat of consistent supportive behavior.

I 🩵 #srccon

The #SRCCON 2024 social sessions start soon, and folks are already cooking up some D&D shenanigans in our planning docs! Because we know there's more to journalism than being a "gelatinous cube" sitting at a desk, we invite all sorts to roleplay and have fun.

The familiar sight of an engaging session at #srccon in the beautiful Memorial Hall. It's good to be back.

This MinnPost case study tying topics like the Timberwolves and upcoming elections into pop up newsletters and then related member appeals is stellar. Really smart right time, right message, right audience strategy #SRCCON

I’m here at SRCCON to listen for what journalists are thinking about starting their own publications and newsletters. If you’re building a reader-funded publication, come find me! #SRCCON

Excited to attend #SRCCON in person for the first time this year and talk about a question that's been on my mind: Journalists want the audience’s attention: What if they don’t want to give it to us? Come help us find better practices for audience work: 2024.srccon.org/schedule/#_s...

The awesome facilitators at #SRCCON 2024 aren't afraid to ask hard questions as they lead a peer discussion. This session title says it all. 👏

Our community call starting RIGHT NOW will be a quick preview of our election reporting working groups! Want to join other journalists in brainstorming and supporting one another in elections coverage this year? Join us here: etherpad.opennews.org/p/communityc...

Our weekly community call starts in about ten minutes! We'll chat with Jen Mizgata about her RJI fellowship project, a newsletter course on building work culture. www.littlekeyconsulting.com/email-course Call details below! See you there! opennews.org/what/communi...