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Lenfest AI Fellow spotlight: Dana Chiueh Link toLenfest AI Fellow spotlight: Dana Chiueh

This profile is part of the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program's 2026 Impact Report. As an AI engineering fellow…

Lenfest AI Fellow spotlight: Aaron Brezel Link toLenfest AI Fellow spotlight: Aaron Brezel

This profile is part of the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program's 2026 Impact Report. As an AI Engineering Fellow…

Lessons from covering immigration in the DMV: What we learned about partnerships, reporting, and community trust  Link toLessons from covering immigration in the DMV: What we learned about partnerships, reporting, and community trust 

When our newsroom, TANTV, set out to cover immigration in the Washington, D.C. area, we knew we'd need community partners.…

Solution Set: Can creators + journalists = new audiences? Link toSolution Set: Can creators + journalists = new audiences?

As news creators on social media become more popular, they are also prone to errors, biases, hidden agendas, and secret…

Solution Set: That pivot to social video? It’s real and time to get on board Link toSolution Set: That pivot to social video? It’s real and time to get on board

It might have started with dancing and lip-synching on TikTok, but short-form social video has become an important way to…

‘Steal My Workflow:’ A short-form video workshop series Link to‘Steal My Workflow:’ A short-form video workshop series

Six sessions. Zero fluff. All insider intel. From Video Consortium x The Lenfest Institute's Communities of Practice, we're pulling back…

Jeremy Gilbert: Embrace new audiences, new platforms, and new creators Link toJeremy Gilbert: Embrace new audiences, new platforms, and new creators

This essay is part of a series on the 2026 Lenfest Institute-Aspen Digital Local News Summit, an annual convening of…

Joel Simon: Journalists should stand up for free expression – not just press freedom Link toJoel Simon: Journalists should stand up for free expression – not just press freedom

This essay is part of a series on the 2026 Lenfest Institute-Aspen Digital Local News Summit, an annual convening of…

Why creator journalists and funders need to go all in on transparency Link toWhy creator journalists and funders need to go all in on transparency

This resource is part of the Creator Journalism Trust and Credibility Toolkit from the Knight Communities Network, Project C, and Trusting News, which…

At Radically Rural, big ideas meet small town publishers Link toAt Radically Rural, big ideas meet small town publishers

At the eighth annual Radically Rural summit earlier in October, hundreds of journalists, entrepreneurs, educators, and investors came together in…

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