By Annessa Kaufman | Senior Program Associate
On July 2nd, the InfoAsAid team got together to kick off the new phase of this project. This team meeting brought together our regional community correspondents with Justin A. the editor/manager/mentor of InfoAsAid.
In addition to the ongoing InfoAsAid Facebook page (with almost 72,000 followers!), this new phase includes community listening sessions and physical newsletters, which are especially important as a means to reach people with limited to no internet access.
The kick off meeting included a journalism training for the correspondents, as well as planning the upcoming listening sessions: which locations across Puerto Rico, community leaders in the public, private and non-profit sectors, and the questions and structure of each session.
Starting this month, the community correspondents weekly responsibilites include: two original reports, seeking out and sharing three relevant media reports or social media content, and one listening session (alternating between community members and leaders--elected/private/non-profit, to ensure feedback between leaders and community), and report outs of each listening session.
Partnerships are in development with radio stations around the island to amplify the reach of all this information.
We're excited and grateful to be able to continue and expand the InfoAsAid work, and will continue to share the stories and updates over the coming weeks and months. Thank you for all of your support!
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