About the webinar: Whether your newsroom is actively covering an election or interested in learning about what political issues are top of mind for your community, community engagement best practices can help inform your coverage. In this webinar, Bridget Thoreson of Hearken will share how to design your own engagement strategy and provide key lessons from newsrooms who participated in the 2024 Engaged Elections cohort from Election SOS.

 

About the presenter:  Bridget Thoreson: Bridget has partnered with more than 145 newsrooms on editorial collaborations and audience engagement strategies as a consultant with social impact firm Hearken and the first Director of Collaborations for the Institute for Nonprofit News, where she launched the 78-newsroom Rural News Network. Now she is Hearken’s Chief Project Officer/Dream Wrangler, connecting journalism with civic information initiatives to support a healthy democracy. She also writes the “Explore Your Career River” newsletter.