Tiny News Collective
@tinynewscollective.bsky.social
Tiny News Collective supports early-stage community and local news startups from pre-launch and beyond. We support the voices historically excluded from media and media ownership. https://www.tinynewsco.org
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Tiny News Collective (TNC) supports a diverse group of founders leading community-centered media outlets that produce transformative journalism and fill civic information gaps. Our members serve commu...
www.tinynewsco.org
We ❤️ our members! Today, we unveil our new member page, which shows how much we have grown in the last year. We encourage you to take a look and also visit the sites to see the amazing work our members do across the country: 25 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico, so far.
www.tinynewsco.org/members/
www.tinynewsco.org/members/
“At every step, the community showed up.”💗
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
5 Questions with Kari Mar of La Conner Community News
Kari Mar, founder of La Conner Community News, shares how she stepped up to fill a local news desert gap in Washington's Skagit County.
www.tinynewsco.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“At every step, the community showed up.”💗
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
🎉 We invite you to take a look at what we and our members have been up to in the last month. This newsletter is a special one: it's the first that features a piece by our new membership director, Elaine Diaz Rodriguez, sharing her insights from 90 days on the job.
www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...
www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🎉 We invite you to take a look at what we and our members have been up to in the last month. This newsletter is a special one: it's the first that features a piece by our new membership director, Elaine Diaz Rodriguez, sharing her insights from 90 days on the job.
www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...
www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...
📣 We're hiring! We are seeking our first-ever development director to help us sustain and grow the work we do to support early-stage news founders. It's a really exciting and important role for us. Please share widely!
www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-co...
www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-co...
Tiny News Collective to expand with the hire of a development director
TNC is hiring its first Development Director to build and sustain support for our mission- and member-driven work.
www.tinynewsco.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📣 We're hiring! We are seeking our first-ever development director to help us sustain and grow the work we do to support early-stage news founders. It's a really exciting and important role for us. Please share widely!
www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-co...
www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-co...
🚨Gig alert: We are looking for someone to join us part-time to support a new response and resilience program for members. We are looking for someone with empathy and strong organizational skills to help us get the program off the ground. Is it you?
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-to-creat...
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-to-creat...
TNC to create response and resilience program, seeks a program manager
Tiny News Collective seeks a part-time program manager to support new programming focused on members' response and resilience.
www.tinynewsco.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨Gig alert: We are looking for someone to join us part-time to support a new response and resilience program for members. We are looking for someone with empathy and strong organizational skills to help us get the program off the ground. Is it you?
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-to-creat...
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-to-creat...
🌱 We offer a warm welcome to @reporterliz.bsky.social , founder of The LA Reporter, into TNC. The LA Reporter covers politics in Los Angeles with one clear goal: to invite everyday people into the democratic process.
Check out her newsletter and subscribe: thelareporter.la
Check out her newsletter and subscribe: thelareporter.la
The LA Reporter
New from a Los Angeles reporter.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌱 We offer a warm welcome to @reporterliz.bsky.social , founder of The LA Reporter, into TNC. The LA Reporter covers politics in Los Angeles with one clear goal: to invite everyday people into the democratic process.
Check out her newsletter and subscribe: thelareporter.la
Check out her newsletter and subscribe: thelareporter.la
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h/t to the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social and @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social, two great orgs working to keep journalism alive.
h/t to the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social and @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social, two great orgs working to keep journalism alive.
It's a good time to re-share this toolkit for journalists put out by @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social and written by @katiehawk.bsky.social. It's a great resource for laid-off journalists. We are featured in it for the folks who want to launch their own outlet.
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
Laid Off to Launch: A Toolkit for Journalists - News Revenue Hub
News Revenue Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps news organizations build financial sustainability. Our contribution management platform and strategic consulting services add the tech and talent i...
fundjournalism.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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h/t to the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social and @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social, two great orgs working to keep journalism alive.
h/t to the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social and @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social, two great orgs working to keep journalism alive.
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Other folks have said it, but let me just note that:
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Other folks have said it, but let me just note that:
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
It's a good time to re-share this toolkit for journalists put out by @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social and written by @katiehawk.bsky.social. It's a great resource for laid-off journalists. We are featured in it for the folks who want to launch their own outlet.
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
Laid Off to Launch: A Toolkit for Journalists - News Revenue Hub
News Revenue Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps news organizations build financial sustainability. Our contribution management platform and strategic consulting services add the tech and talent i...
fundjournalism.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's a good time to re-share this toolkit for journalists put out by @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social and written by @katiehawk.bsky.social. It's a great resource for laid-off journalists. We are featured in it for the folks who want to launch their own outlet.
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
It looks like two TNC members need to do a cross-over story here: @coyotemedia.org started theirs with sandwiches they like (in reaction to the DC jury finding DC's sandwich guy not guilty). What's your move, @51st.news?
www.coyotemedia.org/sandwich-ter...
www.coyotemedia.org/sandwich-ter...
Sandwich Terrorism Is Now Legal. Also, Here Are Some Sandwiches We Like
COYOTE does not condone violence, only sandwiches.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It looks like two TNC members need to do a cross-over story here: @coyotemedia.org started theirs with sandwiches they like (in reaction to the DC jury finding DC's sandwich guy not guilty). What's your move, @51st.news?
www.coyotemedia.org/sandwich-ter...
www.coyotemedia.org/sandwich-ter...
Super fun TikTok of our operations director with the @blackbygod.bsky.social team from an event in Charleston, West Virginia, about narrative storytelling. You gotta watch! www.facebook.com/reel/7609083... cc @cgoodwoman.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Super fun TikTok of our operations director with the @blackbygod.bsky.social team from an event in Charleston, West Virginia, about narrative storytelling. You gotta watch! www.facebook.com/reel/7609083... cc @cgoodwoman.bsky.social
🌟Our latest "5 Questions with" features @christurdisani.bsky.social, @maddiepoore.bsky.social of @51st.news, discussing the newsroom’s worker-led structure, a popular story about a restaurant’s “luscious” plant display and expanding its Community Connector program. www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
5 Questions with The 51st’s Christina Sturdivant Sani and Maddie Poore
Learn about The 51st's origin story and how it has thrived in its first year since launch.
www.tinynewsco.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌟Our latest "5 Questions with" features @christurdisani.bsky.social, @maddiepoore.bsky.social of @51st.news, discussing the newsroom’s worker-led structure, a popular story about a restaurant’s “luscious” plant display and expanding its Community Connector program. www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
Yes to this a million times over! It's a big belief of ours at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.
One of my underlying working models for non-profit news is that nobody is in competition with each other. We should all be co-operative. We should be open sourcing code, sharing wins and losses, and doing as much as possible to lift each other up - out in the open so newcomers can benefit too.
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yes to this a million times over! It's a big belief of ours at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.
@leximcmenamin.com We're so sorry to see the mass layoffs at Teen Vogue. If folks there are interested in creating their own outlet not connected to a corporate entity, we'd love to support you in your journey. We can imagine a really great worker-led/-owned cooperative coming out of the ashes.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
@leximcmenamin.com We're so sorry to see the mass layoffs at Teen Vogue. If folks there are interested in creating their own outlet not connected to a corporate entity, we'd love to support you in your journey. We can imagine a really great worker-led/-owned cooperative coming out of the ashes.
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⚠️ Heads up, LION (and @tinynewscollective.bsky.social) members!
If you're thinking about attending our free Virtual Vendor Fair on 11/19, we've already handed out about 1/2 of our tickets. See who's presenting, get registered, and stay tuned for the final agenda: lionpublishers.com/virtual-vend...
If you're thinking about attending our free Virtual Vendor Fair on 11/19, we've already handed out about 1/2 of our tickets. See who's presenting, get registered, and stay tuned for the final agenda: lionpublishers.com/virtual-vend...
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
⚠️ Heads up, LION (and @tinynewscollective.bsky.social) members!
If you're thinking about attending our free Virtual Vendor Fair on 11/19, we've already handed out about 1/2 of our tickets. See who's presenting, get registered, and stay tuned for the final agenda: lionpublishers.com/virtual-vend...
If you're thinking about attending our free Virtual Vendor Fair on 11/19, we've already handed out about 1/2 of our tickets. See who's presenting, get registered, and stay tuned for the final agenda: lionpublishers.com/virtual-vend...
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"Cooperatively run structures are a path forward when we're seeing systems collapse."
Proud to be one of 6(+???) worker-led newsrooms in @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.
Here's how to join us, feat. interviews with our co-founder @maddiepoore.bsky.social and @soleilho.com of @coyotemedia.org:
Proud to be one of 6(+???) worker-led newsrooms in @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.
Here's how to join us, feat. interviews with our co-founder @maddiepoore.bsky.social and @soleilho.com of @coyotemedia.org:
How to start a worker-led news outlet: A tale of two newsrooms
How two newsrooms — The 51st and COYOTE Media Collective — launched their worker-led organizations
www.tinynewsco.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Cooperatively run structures are a path forward when we're seeing systems collapse."
Proud to be one of 6(+???) worker-led newsrooms in @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.
Here's how to join us, feat. interviews with our co-founder @maddiepoore.bsky.social and @soleilho.com of @coyotemedia.org:
Proud to be one of 6(+???) worker-led newsrooms in @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.
Here's how to join us, feat. interviews with our co-founder @maddiepoore.bsky.social and @soleilho.com of @coyotemedia.org:
We have been noticing a trend among new members coming to us: multiple co-founder worker-led collectives/co-ops. We are doing specific programming for them, and we just published this piece that looks at how two of them launched: @51st.news and @coyotemedia.org.
www.tinynewsco.org/how-to-start...
www.tinynewsco.org/how-to-start...
How to start a worker-led news outlet: A tale of two newsrooms
How two newsrooms — The 51st and COYOTE Media Collective — launched their worker-led organizations
www.tinynewsco.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We have been noticing a trend among new members coming to us: multiple co-founder worker-led collectives/co-ops. We are doing specific programming for them, and we just published this piece that looks at how two of them launched: @51st.news and @coyotemedia.org.
www.tinynewsco.org/how-to-start...
www.tinynewsco.org/how-to-start...
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just participated in a good session with @daphnem.bsky.social for @tinynewscollective.bsky.social about listening.
The whole *point* of listening is that we change what we're doing in response to feedback. @noaharroyo.bsky.social wrote about that here:
The whole *point* of listening is that we change what we're doing in response to feedback. @noaharroyo.bsky.social wrote about that here:
We’re changing course — not for the last time
Our Tenderloin newsroom is shifting due to public feedback.
newsrelaynetwork.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
just participated in a good session with @daphnem.bsky.social for @tinynewscollective.bsky.social about listening.
The whole *point* of listening is that we change what we're doing in response to feedback. @noaharroyo.bsky.social wrote about that here:
The whole *point* of listening is that we change what we're doing in response to feedback. @noaharroyo.bsky.social wrote about that here:
Have you wished @51st.news a happy 1st birthday today yet? 🎂 If you haven't, don't let the day go by without celebrating with them on this important milestone day! @ericfalquero.bsky.social @maddiepoore.bsky.social @maustermuhle.bsky.social @christurdisani.bsky.social @abigailhiggins.bsky.social
a man wearing sunglasses is singing into a microphone and saying `` happy birthday to ya '' .
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses is singing into a microphone and saying `` happy birthday to ya '' .
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October 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Have you wished @51st.news a happy 1st birthday today yet? 🎂 If you haven't, don't let the day go by without celebrating with them on this important milestone day! @ericfalquero.bsky.social @maddiepoore.bsky.social @maustermuhle.bsky.social @christurdisani.bsky.social @abigailhiggins.bsky.social
💥 Got a vision for a new local newsroom? Not sure where to start? We've got you.
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28
calendly.com/courtney-inn...
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28
calendly.com/courtney-inn...
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
💥 Got a vision for a new local newsroom? Not sure where to start? We've got you.
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28
calendly.com/courtney-inn...
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28
calendly.com/courtney-inn...
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Calling all freelance fact-checkers!
We're in need of some fact-checking assistance during the first week of October—hit us up if you're interested in fact-checking a very fun project.
Email Chris ([email protected]) for more details.
We're in need of some fact-checking assistance during the first week of October—hit us up if you're interested in fact-checking a very fun project.
Email Chris ([email protected]) for more details.
September 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Calling all freelance fact-checkers!
We're in need of some fact-checking assistance during the first week of October—hit us up if you're interested in fact-checking a very fun project.
Email Chris ([email protected]) for more details.
We're in need of some fact-checking assistance during the first week of October—hit us up if you're interested in fact-checking a very fun project.
Email Chris ([email protected]) for more details.
Today's the day for our first Co-Leadership Hive meeting, facilitated by Harry Backlund. We're so excited!
a little girl wearing a blue vest and a red tie is crying .
ALT: a little girl wearing a blue vest and a red tie is crying .
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September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today's the day for our first Co-Leadership Hive meeting, facilitated by Harry Backlund. We're so excited!
What we ❤️ about this is that community calendars are so important to keep people engaged in what's happening nearby. Newspapers stopped doing this long ago and lost out on an important job that they could do. Glad to see @coyotemedia.org and @theshout.shoutwichita.com.ap.brid.gy bring them back.
Want to know what team @coyotemedia.org thinks is cool right now? Here are our hand picked events just for you for the week! www.coyotemedia.org/coyote-calen...
COYOTE Calendar: September 25-October 1
This week we've got fashion shows, punk legends, pizza pop-ups, and screen printing.
www.coyotemedia.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What we ❤️ about this is that community calendars are so important to keep people engaged in what's happening nearby. Newspapers stopped doing this long ago and lost out on an important job that they could do. Glad to see @coyotemedia.org and @theshout.shoutwichita.com.ap.brid.gy bring them back.
🐝 Big news from TNC! We're launching Hives — peer learning groups for news founders to reflect, connect & grow.
The first groups are:
🧍 Solo newsroom operators
🤝 Co-leadership models
Less to-do lists. More shared wisdom. 💡
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-launches...
#startups #peersupport
The first groups are:
🧍 Solo newsroom operators
🤝 Co-leadership models
Less to-do lists. More shared wisdom. 💡
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-launches...
#startups #peersupport
TNC launches peer learning Hives to support members
As our community grows, so does the need for more tailored spaces for members to learn from each other, problem solve and build relationships with peers walking similar paths.
www.tinynewsco.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🐝 Big news from TNC! We're launching Hives — peer learning groups for news founders to reflect, connect & grow.
The first groups are:
🧍 Solo newsroom operators
🤝 Co-leadership models
Less to-do lists. More shared wisdom. 💡
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-launches...
#startups #peersupport
The first groups are:
🧍 Solo newsroom operators
🤝 Co-leadership models
Less to-do lists. More shared wisdom. 💡
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-launches...
#startups #peersupport
Please join us in welcoming Amy Austin to the Tiny News Collective board! Amy is a veteran in alternative media and the arts, and now becomes the first non-founding member of our board — a major step as we grow our collective of local news innovators.
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-welcomes...
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-welcomes...
September 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Please join us in welcoming Amy Austin to the Tiny News Collective board! Amy is a veteran in alternative media and the arts, and now becomes the first non-founding member of our board — a major step as we grow our collective of local news innovators.
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-welcomes...
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-welcomes...
We are so excited for the launch of TNC member @coyotemedia.org! They've started off with a great mix of stories, including an explanation of their own founding as a worker cooperative. Way to go, folks!
❤️🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESSES! 🔥❤️
COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org
COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We are so excited for the launch of TNC member @coyotemedia.org! They've started off with a great mix of stories, including an explanation of their own founding as a worker cooperative. Way to go, folks!