By Massarah Mikati and Jennifer Brandel Author’s note: Growing up as an Arab American Muslim in the post-9/11 world, I rarely felt that the mainstream media properly represented my communities…

By Massarah Mikati You’re a news outlet serving communities of color, and you were just approached by a mainstream, predominantly white media organization for a partnership or collaboration. Maybe they…

Engaged Elections Training + Hearken’s EMS = Winning Combo Back by popular demand, we’re offering the Engaged Elections cohort training. Thanks to generous support from the Knight Foundation, we’re able to…

By Massarah Mikati Our job as journalists during election season is to get critical, useful information out to our audiences that will increase civic engagement. But how can we get…

By Pam Fessler, The Elections Group and former NPR News correspondent Voting in this year’s general election will begin as early as Sept. 20, only seven weeks away. Newsrooms have…

By Massarah Mikati If your newsroom could use help covering the 2024 election, you’ll want to check out this webinar touring the Knight Election Hub! The Knight Election Hub is your…

By Bridget Thoreson and Massarah Mikati Updated July 30, 2024 President Joe Biden withdrawing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination weeks ahead of Chicago’s convention has upended the march toward…

By Massarah Mikati Updated Wednesday, July 17, 2024  At a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, former President Donald Trump was shot at. Politicians from every persuasion have issued statements…

With any initiative Hearken does, we do our best to make time for reflection. It can be tough to do it — being reactive to incoming requests and planning for…

This explainer piece is for reporters covering elections. It offers valuable, actionable tips and provides context for what many communities will experience around claims of voter fraud. Let’s get to…

Reporting during a contentious election cycle exposes both reporters and newsrooms to a host of cybersecurity concerns.  And, chances are, between campaign speeches, tight publication deadlines and on-background sources, you…

We hosted a training in late September about Extremism and Police Violence that featured two speakers from More in Common (MIC), a nonpartisan research nonprofit that works to counter polarization…