Author: Anna Beutel

Other Playbooks, Best-Practice Collections and Guides

We’re not the first to think about how to build community-centered newsrooms and involve people more deeply in your journalistic work. There’s a wealth of best-practice examples, guides, and ideas we can…
Community-centered election coverage

What guides your election coverage? Do you focus on the content of party platforms or on the positions of the candidates? Have you ever wondered whether these topics truly reflect what matters…
Community Engagement Through Surveys

In community journalism, continuous engagement with the community is at the core. This can take place through personal contact, joint projects, or events. In addition, surveys are a key tool for strengthening…
The Essentials of Community Engagement

Involving your community is at the heart of every community-centered organization. But what does engagement really mean? And how do engagement processes work? You’ll find the answers in this article. Engagement happens…
Who is using beabee?

International Users Caerphilly Observer is an independent news service from Caerphilly County, Wales. It publishes a website and a fortnightly newspaper with a circulation of 10,000, available in a wide variety of outlets.…
Case Study: How Solution-Oriented Journalism Works at the Local Level

Solution journalism and local journalism – do they fit together? The Bonn Institute wanted to find out and worked closely last year with the local editorial team of the Rheinische Post in…
Our Top Takeaways from Republica and Netzwerk Recherche

At the annual Netzwerk Recherche conference, several panels and workshops focused on community journalism and media startups. Here are some of my key highlights: Engaging with the Community on Equal Terms One…
Case Study: Slowing Down in Local Journalism

Bloq is a local magazine for the Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Ludwigshafen region. Bloq looks great, feels great, and delivers excellent local journalism. So far, two issues have been published. In our last…
Case Study: Journalism at the Coffee Stand

Local journalism needs to be close to the people. Community-centered local journalism even more so. It’s no coincidence that RUMS in Münster has its newsroom in a shop in the city center,…
Case Study: How Kohero Organizes a Community of Volunteers

Kohero produces journalism by and for people with refugee and migration backgrounds. Around 90 volunteer editorial members write about their own experiences. Founder and editor-in-chief Hussam Al Zaher explained the idea behind…