Giles will be in New Orleans this week rubbing elbows with fellow Online News Association members at the annual digital news conference. On Wednesday, he’s spending the whole day with trainers Kerry Donahue and Lindsay Abrams from PRX at the INN Business Intensive to learn how to grow audiences for public affairs podcasts, like Soundboard, […]
Category: From the newsroom
How does local news happen? Here are essays and pieces from the team about how we produce news — and why we need a community to do it.
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From the newsroom: August Coffee Conversation
On Thursday, August 22, Charlottesville Tomorrow hosted an August Coffee Conversation from our newsroom in CitySpace. Over 70 readers came out to discuss national, regional, and local sustainability and environmental issues. Presenters included Julia Ela, Operations Director from the Rivanna Conservation Alliance, John Reynolds, Shenandoah National Park Trustee Emeritus, and Nicole La Rocque, Head of […]
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From the newsroom: We say goodbye to our interns
This week we say goodbye to our two summer interns, Ali Sullivan and Norah Mulinda. Ali, a Colorado native, takes the knowledge she learned during her internship to the University of Virginia, where she majors in Government and Media Studies. “As a U.Va. student, it can be easy to get trapped in the college ‘bubble,” […]
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Let’s Talk: Reimagining Local News
If Charlottesville Tomorrow intends to become a new kind of local newspaper, we need to stand on our own, question all of our assumptions, and engage our community in the pursuit to do better. We can serve our readers by providing a clear coverage alternative in our areas of focus. More significantl
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Moving from me to we: Four scales of climate action
On Friday, June 10, 2019, Charlottesville Tomorrow hosted a Coffee Conversation, “Moving from Me to We: Four Scales of Climate Action,” in partnership with VMDO Architects, UVA Sustainability Program and Charlottesville Climate Collaborative. Our speakers, Teri Kent (C3 Director of Programs and Communication), Jesse Warren (UVA Sustainability Program), and Michelle Amt (VMDO) discussed the attached […]
