If you only knew… how much I love Kansas 🌻

Immigration is underreported — and we want to change that. Through our RJI Fellowship, we’re building a free toolkit for journalists covering immigration, and your voice matters. 📋 Take our less than 5-minute survey 👉 bit.ly/ImmCovSurvey

Meet our 2025 Spanish-language #AltavozLab Fellows! 👏 @joselcastillo.bsky.social – La Esquina de Texas 👏 Mónica Pirela – NotiVisión Georgia 👏 Claudia Yaujar-Amaro – @planetavenusonline.bsky.social 👏 @vaquero2xl.bsky.social – 9 Millones 📢 Follow along: altavozlab.com

✨ What a night! ✨ Planeta Venus celebrated 10 years + our 2nd Latino Awards Dinner 🎉 Honoring 17 inspiring Latinos, with 250 guests united by music, culture & community. 💜 Gracias to our sponsors—together we amplify Latino voices in Kansas! 🌟 #LatinoAwards #PlanetaVenus

📢 Big news! Meet the 2025 Altavoz Lab Community Fellows 🎉 ✨ @planetavenusonline.bsky.social ✨ @joselcastillo.bsky.social ‬ ✨ @vaquero2xl.bsky.social ✨ Monica Pirela ✨ Leslie Hurtado ✨ @jmjwrites.bsky.social ✨ Nadia Tamez-Robledo 7 months of community-driven reporting ahead! altavozlab.com

✨ "Ultimately, I envision a more informed, engaged and healthy Latino community — one where people feel seen, heard and equipped to participate fully in public life,” wrote Claudia Amaro of @planetavenusonline.bsky.social in our latest "5 Questions with" feature. www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...

See ya all next month!!!

rjionline.org/news/when-a-... When a press pass should shield us – RJI

It’s so hard to report on these things: www.planetavenus.online/post/immigra...

www.planetavenus.online/post/latinos... Latinos Shine at Wichita Riverfest 2025. A Decade of Fiesta del Río and Strengthened Traditions

Another digital skills class done in Garden City! These women showed up ready to learn and left ready for more. Unstoppable. Empowered. And asking for round two. We’re honored. #DigitalInclusion #GardenCityKS #LatinaPower

👥🤝 We are happy to introduce the 18 journalists, editors, publishers, + media leaders selected for the AI Community Engagement Lab, developed in partnership with @ccmnewmarkj.bsky.social + support from the @waltonfamilyfdn.bsky.social! Let’s get to know them↓ www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/03/18-c...

Looking for some inspiration? @tinynewscollective.bsky.social follows the lesson of Mr. Rogers by looking for the helpers in small, indie news outlets across the country, with examples from @51st.news in D.C. and @planetavenusonline.bsky.social in Wichita. www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...

🌎🔍 Natalie Van Hoozer, @sembramedia.bsky.social's ambassador for the U.S., highlights three media success stories featured in #GlobalProjectOasis: @outliermedia.org from Detroit 🇺🇸, @thegreenlineto.bsky.social from Toronto 🇨🇦, and @planetavenusonline.bsky.social from Wichita 🇺🇸 👇 tinyurl.com/39783amx

Our front page article for March. By the great reporter Meg Britton-Mehlisch

NEW from me: I went on a seven-month reporting journey looking at Bergen County, New Jersey, Wichita's "community of inspiration" for reducing homelessness, after Wichita (and other Kansas cities) joined Built for Zero, a homelessness movement with NYC-based Community Solutions 🧵