Grow the Audience: Strengthening Local Journalism

Request for Proposals

This Request for Proposals seeks proposals from groups of 3-6 stations willing to form multi-platform reporting Local Journalism Centers around a single topic or issue that will result in an elevated quality and quantity of journalism. The Local Journalism Centers should create compelling content and community engagement opportunities that include audio, video, text, photos, blogs, social networking, dynamic syndication, and mobile applications. Proposals should address all the elements that will be needed to create a successful Local Journalism Center, including personnel, training, infrastructure, community engagement, and research, and should describe the nature of the broadcast, online and other forms of content that will be produced.