Learn more about this event, Emerging Strategies for Supporting Local and Ethnic Reporting, here: http://mediaimpactfunders.org/emerging-strategies-for-supporting-local-and-ethnic-reporting/

1. Building Local Capacity
• Understand the Market
• Build trust with new and diverse audiences (listen first)
• Cultivate emerging leaders
• Use an asset-based approach
• Small orgs have connections to audiences
• Large orgs lend business development expertise, scalability
• Government institutions want to serve the public
• Public can keep local government accountable
• Funder role: Connect, advocate and speak hard truths