Stories from the Field

Reporting on the racial-justice uprisings has led to a reckoning within newsrooms. A recent Colorado event highlighted how journalists can honor Black life.

Community members and journalists recently discussed the need to challenge reporting that centers police narratives and ignores or misrepresents residents’ voices.

Free Press’ News Voices project recently hosted a conversation with community organizers and journalists who are creating inspiring local-news initiatives from scratch.

On June 2, my 29-year-old son Joshua and I attended the 413 Boricuas: Solidarity March Against Police Brutality in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

In powerful testimony before a House subcommittee, Free Press Action’s Joseph Torres called out the Trump FCC for neglecting Puerto Rico after the 2017 hurricanes.

Free Press’ News Voices: North Carolina project has engaged people as partners in journalism rather than parties to a transaction. Here’s how we’ve made it happen.

On Nov. 19, representatives of the Change the Terms coalition protested outside Twitter's headquarters to urge the company to crack down on hate.

This year’s Color of Surveillance conference underscored how low-income folks have never enjoyed the right to privacy the elite have demanded for themselves.

Local journalism has withered away in Colorado. Free Press and the Colorado Media Project co-hosted a gathering in Longmont on ways to chart a path forward.

At a recent News Voices: New Jersey event, Camden residents urged reporters to build trust with community members.