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

Lessons from an SF newsroom creating a print product

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

The launch comes after months of relationship-building.

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

Our Tenderloin newsroom is shifting due to public feedback.

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

Expanding the dialogue about how our newsroom should serve the neighborhood

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

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

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

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

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.

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...