This is America Amplified, 2021
KOSU’s Kateleigh Mills has been doing community engagement reporting for the past few years.
This year, 20 public media stations will deepen their engagement with communities across the country through the America Amplified initiative.
We’re hosted by WFYI in Indianapolis and funded by a $983,451 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to support community engagement journalism in traditionally underserved areas. The initiative builds on our project launched in the fall of 2019 to produce innovative journalism through engagement. We prioritize meaningful in-person and online engagement in order to build trust, expand audiences and deepen the impact of public media journalism.
Through this initiative, each station aims to put people, not preconceived ideas, at the center of its reporting process — because of ongoing concerns around the pandemic, they will be using tools such as crowd-sourcing, virtual town halls, polls and social media to listen first to the concerns and aspirations of our communities. Whenever possible, stations will also be hosting live events and meeting with community members in places where they gather.
America Amplified Stations — 2021:
Austin PBS in Austin, Texas
Blue Ridge Public Radio in Asheville, North Carolina
KMUW in Wichita, Kansas
KOSU in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
KSJD in Cortez, Colorado
KTOO in Juneau, Alaska
KUNC in Greeley, Colorado
KUNR in Reno, Nevada
Maine Public in Lewiston, Maine
Montana Public Radio in Missoula, Montana
North Country Public Radio in Canton, New York
North State Public Radio in Chico, California
WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama
WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
WMMT in Whitesburg, Kentucky
WNIJ in Rockford, Illinois
WNIN in Evansville, Indiana
WSHU in Fairfield, Connecticut
WUSF in Tampa, Florida
WWNO in New Orleans
America Amplified’s goal is to create and share models of community engagement success stories to inform and strengthen future local, regional and national journalism.