Engagement projects
Collected audience questions using Hearken submission form, social media and email campaigns
answered thousands of audience questions directly, consulting experts and providing resources
helped inform and write faqs related to health, safety and pandemic regulations
Partnership across news teams, company
Creation of a user-friendly app on a mission to get people more connected with the outdoors
Worked with design team, testing and refining the look and function of the app
Helped report and distribute reporting related to project, using audience feedback as a guide and closing the loop on their questions
Built connections with local businesses/organizations to help contribute content and events within the app
Made connections on social media to help advertise as well as spread the mission/content into other spaces online
project leading up to the Youth Climate Strike
Collected audience questions online
Social media
Connecting with related groups to distribute
Held a voting round to help gauge interest in the top questions
distributed related reporting directly to those who submitted questions and related groups
Survey which helped shape several stories driven by engagement with the community
Engaged our Public Insight Network to find sources/reaction/questions
created Collection page with over 300 submissions on one of the key questions: What’s one thing you want to see change
Helped build our sources network with new, insightful sources
launched a highly engaged Facebook discussion group which i moderate
organized a live event under the ground level brand that was later broadcast on the air
collected and organized feedback from the audience to ensure we were providing all of the information most relevant to their lives
Created quizzes to help introduce audience to those candidates, using the guides as a road map
Worked with new translation service to have all of the main races translated into Hmong, Spanish and Somali to help better inform new voters
Reached out to groups dedicated empowering voters to help distribute to those who will benefit most
This same work has been repeated on a smaller scale every year
Reporting