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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

When I learned that I had been chosen for ONA’s Impact Award this year (awards.journalists.org/awards/impac...), for centering community voices, my first response was to think of at least a dozen others they could have also chosen.

Impact Award - Online Journalism Awards

The Impact Award honors a trailblazing individual whose work in digital journalism and dedication to innovation exhibits a substantial impact on the industry, regardless of their tenure in…

awards.journalists.org

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 13h

And the answer to that question as far as I know is tbd like so many of the details

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 8d

Journalists and public health leaders both try to deliver essential information to a fractured, skeptical public.

#Chicago journalists and NPA summit attendees are invited to our next Perspectives event – a workshop on what we can learn from public health comms www.eventbrite.com/e/informatio...

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 12d

Thank you! I miss you all too!

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 13d

Oh no! Free @neb!

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 13d

Ha it really depends on what kinds of tea you like. I’m mostly a grassy green tea person so Arbor Tea’s sencha is my usual go to, though I’m currently enjoying Yunnan Sourcing’s Laoshan Pine Needles. I also drink their Yi Mei Ren Wu Liang mountain black tea for something stronger. Hope that helps!

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 13d

You have had an incredible run there

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 21d

Thank you Andrea!

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 21d

Thank you Johannes!

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 23d

Thank you Kat!

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 23d

Thank you Hannah!

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 25d

He wrote about their approach for us many years back guides.coralproject.net/build-a-comm...

He’s doing different work now in Kentucky but I’d be happy to put you in touch if you’re interested, send me an email!

A New Kind of Community Strategy at Fusion

What it looks like to make community engagement part of your process - even when you're not working on a story.

guides.coralproject.net

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 25d

Tagging #OJA25 into this thread

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

no idea why @simongalp.bsky.social wasn't successfully tagged here, I've been trying out Buffer for the first time so I'm probably doing it wrong

Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

That’ll do for now. I’ll certainly remember ten others who should be added, and I might do that later. And if you’re not named here and feel you should be, you’re probably right, and that’s entirely my fault. Thank you everyone listed here and beyond for pushing journalism to be better.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

A brief list of small publications that serve communities relentlessly in ways I admire (and often donate.) Their founders, and teams all deserve so much more: The 19th, Capital B, El Tímpano, Scalawag, Sahan Journal, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and every member of the Tiny News Collective.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

Kat Duncan at RJI is a relentless champion of audience-centered work. She’s done this for so long, it’s easy to overlook how important her thinking and support has been for so many people across the industry.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

Also previous winners, Candice Fortman and Sarah Alvarez made Outlier into a portal to a different dimension of journalism where it only serves people in the most direct ways, with information they desperately need. Countless citations later, our industry thinks differently now thanks to them.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

@mitrakalita.bsky.social has won the Impact Award already, but she should probably get an honorary version every single year. With URL Media and Epicenter, she is strategic, creative, and gets results in ways that clearly improve so many lives.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

The funders who understand the value of audience-driven work and use their power to build its infrastructure, including Molly de Aguiar, Alicia Bell, Teresa Gorman, Tracie Powell, Josh Stearns, Paul Waters, and innumerable Knight Foundation people including Shazna Nessa, Jim Brady, Marc Lavallee.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

Every conversation with @terryparrisjr.bsky.social leaves me feeling smarter (and sometimes drunker.) He is relentless in his desire to prioritize the dignity of his communities, in ways that helps them mourn, feel heard, and/or be empowered with information and pathways towards change.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

I’ve been a LION judge for the past few years, and if I see Santa Cruz Local in my list of nominees, I know I’m in for a treat. Kara Meyberg Guzman leads the way for small newsrooms in creativity, outreach, ethics, and pure service.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

@maritzafelix.bsky.social started ConectaArizona as a WhatsApp group, and her community focus and creativity inspires and delights me every time. She was voted Community Member of the Year by LION’s members, surprising nobody who knows her or her work.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

@yukarikane.bsky.social @profpasha.bsky.social y.social founded @prisonjournalism.bsky.social rnalism.bsky.social, training a national network of incarcerated writers to be journalists & advocates for criminal legal reform by empowering their voices while shifting the narrative. Transformative work.

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

With Spaceship Media (co founded by Jeremy Hay), Eve Pearlman demonstrates how journalists can convene and be in community with disparate voices in ways that create bonds of trust and authority. Is this what it feels like to live in Montclair and do the school run alongside a dozen NYT writers?

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Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com · 26d

@mikerispoli.bsky.social at Free Press (not that one) has been a constant fighter for community ownership of the news, in ways that serve everyone’s needs. His gatherings are always inclusive and thoughtful, their work insistent that a better media world is possible.

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