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Join OpenNews as a founding sustainer

Sessions like this one at SRCCON:LEAD are made possible by community support. (Photo: Ryan Pitts)

We recently launched a new pathway to support the journalism-code community and OpenNews: a founding sustainer program for ongoing financial contributions. This network is pushing to create more inclusive, equitable, and purpose-driven journalism, and this sustainer program offers a concrete way to support that work and the community we serve. Learn more and consider joining as a sustainer. Become a sustainer

What We Believe

We believe a diverse community of peers working, learning, and solving problems together can create the stronger, more representative ecosystem that journalism needs to thrive. Through events for newsroom coders and journalists and a wide range of community and project support programs, we enable collaboration across organizations. Learn more about what we do or find out how you can get involved.

From the OpenNews Blog

• Bigger ideas & better skills: What we all took home from SRCCON:LEAD| posted 2019-12-19 08:00:00 +0000

  The third in our series of smaller, thematic SRCCONs gave us a chance to reimagine leadership in journalism and share skills to change our newsrooms. read more

• A Peer Data Review experiment to bridge a support gap, not a skills gap| posted 2019-12-17 08:00:00 +0000

  We organized a monthlong pilot program that matched journalists with peer coaches to help them work through questions on a data story. Twelve projects later, here's what we learned. read more

• A plan for collective support, from SRCCON:LEAD| posted 2019-11-20 19:00:00 +0000

  In closing out two days about how we can collectively work for change, we shared an invitation to join OpenNews as a founding sustainer. read more

• SRCCON:LEAD: Reshape the ways journalism leadership operates| posted 2019-10-01 12:00:00 +0000

  On November 19 & 20, we'll be back in Philly with 125 community members who want to shape the future of leadership in journalism. read more

• Peer support for local journalists working on data stories| posted 2019-09-18 12:00:00 +0000

  Journalists on smaller teams have the skills to tell important stories with data, but not always colleagues they can ask for help. We're launching an experimental program to connect them with community members who can offer feedback that gets more of those stories into the world. read more

• What it takes to be in community| posted 2019-09-10 15:00:00 +0000

  With ONA this week and the JOC Slack admins receiving the second ONA Community Award, it's a great chance to reflect on how we create community together. read more

• Announcing SRCCON:PRODUCT, February 2020 in Philadelphia| posted 2019-09-09 15:00:00 +0000

  Next year, we'll gather 150 product thinkers for the first conference by, for, and about product and news. read more

• Celebrating and closing the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship| posted 2019-08-28 12:00:00 +0000

  Over the course of five years, 33 incredible fellows joined newsrooms to work in the open on tools and projects to help journalism flourish. We're closing the program today. read more

• More on the Director of Programs position| posted 2019-08-26 12:00:00 +0000

  We've got answers to some of your questions about this new position with OpenNews. read more

• SRCCON's back and we've got so much to share| posted 2019-07-10 12:00:00 +0000

  From the mix of sessions you know and love to a few new ways to connect, we're taking a look at the program mix for this year's conference. read more

Read more at the OpenNews Blog.