
Behind the Stories
How America Amplified stations turn engagement into content, and what they learned along the way.
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Facebook Live en Español: KUNR’s efforts to fill a need and grow an audience
Text and audio reporting in Spanish are currently offered on the KUNR’s website. The station formalized bilingual reporting through a student internship program in 2016 with Noticiero Móvil, a student staffed bilingual newsroom at the University of Nevada-Reno’s Reynolds School of Journalism.
‘When it works you just know it’: KOSU shares rewards of community engagement
Rachel Hubbard is an journalist with a track record of innovative collaborations during her 20-year career at KOSU in Oklahoma. KOSU is a small station that covers two-thirds of the state — with a news staff of only four — but have successfully integrated engagement into much of their journalism. We asked her to explain the process.
This Georgia Town Has Welcomed Thousands Of Refugees. Hear What Residents Have To Say
Known as the "Ellis Island of the South," refugees constitute roughly half the local population n Clarkston, Georgia, representing at least 60 nationalities in a town of about 2 square miles.