We're breaking with conventional journalistic norms to meet this community's needs. We work with locals, editing them and publishing their writing. And in recent months we helped mobilize the neighborhood to guard it against budget cuts from City Hall. newsrelaynetwork.org/newsroom-fin...

Our newsroom is finding its place in this community

From amplifying locals to mobilizing, we’re helping people in San Francisco’s Tenderloin secure their goals.

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What have we been up to since launching @tlvoice.bsky.social? Lots, but today we want to tell you about creating an honest-to-god, ink-on-paper, print news product. What we learned, and why we did it: newsrelaynetwork.org/tlvoice-zine...

Our zine puts news in the community's hands, literally

Lessons from an SF newsroom creating a print product

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Say hello to the Tenderloin Voice, a new indie news outlet that aims to cover the much-maligned neighborhood with a simple principle: Why not ask readers exactly what they want to see? GIFT LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/talk-of-the-...

Talk of the Tenderloin

A trio of local news vets launched ‘The Tenderloin Voice’ to tell the stories of a frequently covered, but little understood, neighborhood

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Please meet the Tenderloin Voice, a newsroom serving and working with San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.

New SF publication, the Tenderloin Voice, is now live

The launch comes after months of relationship-building.

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Latest newsletter: Two exciting updates, and some thoughts on why it’s taking us longer than anticipated to start the countdown to launch (and why we don’t want to rush).

Dispatches from mission control for our SF newsroom launch

Why we’re having big conversations about organization structure, donation systems, and agreements with content contributors.

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We're honored to be featured by Editor & Publisher Magazine, with a great piece by the talented @di-sly.bsky.social! www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/buil...

Building news in San Francisco’s Tenderloin through a print-first, multilingual, community-owned newsroom - Editor and Publisher

In a neighborhood often defined by outsiders through a narrow lens, three Bay Area newsroom veterans are working to shift power to the people who live there. “We realized it was about listening first,...

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Our newsroom and zine has a name: The Tenderloin Voice. We're deep in story production now. newsrelaynetwork.org/now-in-production-the-tenderloin-voice-san-francisco-news

Now in production: The Tenderloin Voice

We’re drafting, editing, and laying out our first batch of content.

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What’s it really take to start a newsroom? We’re finding out, as we work our way toward liftoff.

Prepping SF Tenderloin newsroom for launch

Pre-flight checklist includes naming the newsroom & prototyping its print zine.

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We’re heads-down working our way toward launching the Tenderloin newsroom, and starting (today) with a top community request. newsrelaynetwork.org/community-ca...

Asked, received: community calendar for SF’s Tenderloin

It’s our first item of content prior to newsroom launch.

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Thank you for giving journalistic attention to community-driven solutions!

News Relay Network@newsrelaynetwork.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Did you know there is a comprehensive plan for the Tenderloin, full of community-proposed solutions and based on the input of more than 1,200 people? When we’re up and running, our reporting will focus on it. newsrelaynetwork.org/a-reporting-...

Did you know there is a comprehensive plan for the Tenderloin, full of community-proposed solutions and based on the input of more than 1,200 people? When we’re up and running, our reporting will focus on it. newsrelaynetwork.org/a-reporting-...

SF Tenderloin’s plan for its future — and how we’ll report on it

The plan is years in the making, resulting from surveys, canvassing, community meetings.

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For months, we’ve asked SF's Tenderloin what it needs in a newsroom. What people said, surprised us: - Community calendar - Power to tell their own stories - Articles offering ways to help people - Some coverage intended for citywide readers - Muckraking newsrelaynetwork.org/changing-cou...

We’re changing course — not for the last time

Our Tenderloin newsroom is shifting due to public feedback.

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When we met with a large group of locals, we expected marching orders for topics that our newsroom should cover. What we got was much more meaningful. Here’s what we learned. newsrelaynetwork.org/san-francisc...

SF Tenderloin’s vision for community-serving media

We met with a group of locals to find out what they would want from a neighborhood newsroom. Here’s what they told us.

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We’re talking with a group of local stakeholders to help shape our coverage. newsrelaynetwork.org/expanding-di...

Group sessions to surface SF Tenderloin’s news needs

Expanding the dialogue about how our newsroom should serve the neighborhood

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If you Google news about San Francisco's Tenderloin, the coverage will be dominated by reports of violence and drug use (with some exceptions). But here’s a counterpoint: newsrelaynetwork.org/the-tenderlo...

The Tenderloin you don’t see

There’s more going on in this neighborhood than crime and drugs — like resilience and recovery.

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We're honored to be featured by Amalie Nash and @inmaorg.bsky.social !!

International News Media Association (INMA)@inmaorg.bsky.social · 11mo ago

In her latest blog, INMA Newsroom Transformation Initiative Lead Amalie Nash shares insights from @laurawenus.bsky.social about a planned pilot newsroom @newsrelaynetwork.bsky.social will roll out next month in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighbourhood. www.inma.org/blogs/newsro...

When our audience directs our coverage, will they have to follow a predetermined story-pitching process? Will they need reporting skills? No. We'll ask them to share their thoughts & feelings about their community. We’ll take it from there. newsrelaynetwork.org/community-dr...

Community-driven reporting: three examples

Here’s how we’d turn our audience’s interests and concerns into coverage.

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We've been told that we're democratizing the editorial process. We think that fits! What do you think? We want to hear from YOU — whether you're a Tenderloin resident, curious news consumer, or journalist wrestling with these kinds of considerations. newsrelaynetwork.org/how-communit...

How the community will guide our newsroom’s reporting

In our experimental newsroom, we’ll share editorial control with our SF Tenderloin audience. Here’s how.

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We are proud to be part of this wave!

Tiny News Collective@tinynewscollective.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚀 More founders, more voices, more power. A new wave of startups is rising — by cofounders, collectives and cooperatives. From Santa Fe to DC, teams are building newsrooms with shared leadership and deep local roots. Learn more in the latest Big Blast newsletter. www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...

Our latest newsletter! Joe ‪Wilson, of ‪@hospitalityhousesf.bsky.social‬, gave a rousing speech at a recent community meeting in San Francisco's Tenderloin. The message: "You matter." We hope our local newsroom will also help people feel that way, in part to encourage civic engagement.

In dark times, finding hope in SF's Tenderloin

At a community meeting, the message was: You matter.

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We just broke 100 newsletter subscribers! It may not seem like a lot but it's a big deal to us!

As we build this unconventional newsroom, we're inspired by the many people and organizations that have laid the foundation for our work: @anitawrites.bsky.social, @citybureau.bsky.social, @documenters.org, @eltimpano.bsky.social, @zantimes.bsky.social, #NewsFutures — to name a few!!

News Relay Network@newsrelaynetwork.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Ever since we started down the path of founding a newsroom, we worried, “Are people going to think we’re nuts?” It turns out that many journalists want what we want: to share power with the audience. newsrelaynetwork.org/were-buildin...

Ever since we started down the path of founding a newsroom, we worried, “Are people going to think we’re nuts?” It turns out that many journalists want what we want: to share power with the audience. newsrelaynetwork.org/were-buildin...

We’re building something new. We’re not the only ones.

News Relay Network is proud to build on the foundation laid by journalism innovators who are empowering audiences to influence popular narratives, shape policy, and propel social movements.

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Our #SF newsroom will produce high-quality coverage **driven directly by the audience.** Rather than staff having full editorial control — that’s the norm — we’ll empower the community to determine what we report on, on an ongoing basis. ... #SanFrancisco newsrelaynetwork.org/coming-soon-...

Coming soon: A newsroom that empowers its audience

Hi! It’s so good to have you. I’d grab you a chair if I could. This is the first edition of our newsletter, which will chronicle wins, losses, and what we learn as we conduct a novel experiment in jo...

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In our first newsletter, we discuss why we're sharing editorial control with our our audience. Subscribe! newsrelaynetwork.org/coming-soon-...