Our calls allow you to show up as you are, video on or off, to share experiences, take collective notes and connect with peers.

Community Calls and Standups

Community Call

The OpenNews community calls are a bi-monthly community check-in for anyone in journalism who wants to announce new projects, events, grants, and job openings; solicit contributors and co-conspirators; and discuss problems, big and small, in a community setting.

You can participate by listening in, offering your thoughts, asking questions, reading the etherpad, or by submitting your own ideas for a future call to get onto the agenda as a speaker. The calls are an informal and welcoming way to ease into wider community conversations and projects.

How to Join a Community Call

The calls are open on Zoom! Click the join link below at 12 p.m. ET on scheduled call dates to be let in.

Next Scheduled Call: February 12, 2026 at 12 p.m. ET - Call Agenda

Join via Zoom or use the conference number in the calendar invitation

Follow us on Bluesky and LinkedIn or subscribe to the community call Google Calendar (iCal link) to be notified of upcoming calls.

Community Daily Standups

A daily off-the-record standup meeting at 9:30 a.m. ET for people who don’t necessarily work together but who miss the discipline and camaraderie of a daily “here’s what I’m up to” meeting. It’s for solopreneurs, remote staffers, teamless ICs and anybody else with a teamwork-shaped hole in their hearts that only a good standup can fill.

How to Join Community Standups

Standups happen on Zoom and require registration before you can join. Sign up via this Google form and give us at least 24 hours to get you registered. You’ll receive access to the call calendar on Google so you can join in daily!