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Nine of the best collaborations of 2018

There's been no shortage of powerful collaborations from this past year, and we wanted to take a look at a few that stood out to us. Whether it’s covering far-reaching wicked problems that a lone newsroom couldn’t fully report on, teaming up with different kinds of partners or for different goals, these collaborations embody the opportunity of collaboration and show why the future of journalism is collaborative.

Here's a look at nine outstanding projects from 2018:

  • Verificado 2018 - Fact-checked disinformation leading up to the Mexico elections.
  • The Invading Sea - Investigated the impact of climate change and rising sea levels in South Florida.
  • Taking Cover - Examined the processes for accountability in police shootings in Chicago.
  • BBC Local News Partnership - Connected more than 800 newsrooms to fill in the gap in reporting on local and national government.
  • Documenting Hate - Captured the reality of hate crimes in the United States.
  • Your Voice Ohio - Dug into the impact and solutions for the opioid epidemic and its impact.
  • Discipline and Women in Prison - Reviewed the increased rates at which women are disproportionately punished for infractions during incarceration.
  • Texas Public Records Purchase - Overcame a cost-prohibitive public records request.
  • Broke in Philly - Covered the depth of the poverty problem in Philadelphia by reporting for and with people experiencing hardship.


Read more about these projects and similar projects in our roundup: A look at nine of the best collaborative journalism projects of 2018

Help us document collaborations around the world!

We’re collecting examples of collaborative journalism projects from around the world in a database that includes details about partnership style, partners, funding support, audience engagement and more, so that everybody has the opportunity to learn from the projects that have come before.

But we need your help populating the database. If you’ve seen or worked on an interesting collaborative project, we want to hear about it. Email Heather Bryant (heather@projectfacet.org) with the name or a url to help contribute to this important resource.

If you’re interested in building your own collaboration, we know of nearly 200 projects that can serve as a great starting point in figuring out how to structure and manage your project. Find out more by visiting the database.

See the Collaborative Journalism Database

What we're reading

How the BBC built one of the world’s largest collaborative journalism efforts focused entirely on local news (Nieman Lab)

NJ News Commons partners team up with NJ Spotlight, Montclair State students for election night open newsroom (Center for Cooperative Media)

Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer team up to cover Catholic bishops and supposed reforms in sex-abuse scandal (Boston Globe)

Working together: News outlets move past rivalries to covering California’s deadliest fire (Poynter)

Need a local reporter in [state] with [expertise]? This directory wants to blow away parachute journalism (Nieman Lab)

New Models: How Academics, Nonprofit News and Government are Collaborating (Global Investigative Journalism Network)

Ed Catmull on how he helped foster creative collaboration at Disney and Pixar (Fast Company)

 

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