Citizen Journalism + Advocacy
Citizen Journalism
+ Advocacy
very neighborhood has a story. We’re making sure Clinton Hill gets to tell its own. We’re working to engage and train 100 residents to produce local news, document community life, and use storytelling as a tool for information exchange and community accountability.
We do this work three ways: through Local News Production that keeps the neighborhood informed, Digital Media that trains the next generation of content creators, and Citizen Journalism Programs that preserve and celebrate the history of Clinton Hill.
The Work
Local News Production - The Neighborhood Newsoom
Every neighborhood deserves a newsroom. The Clinton Hill Record is our hyper-local news outlet built to keep residents informed, spark civic discourse, and highlight the issues that matter most to the people who live here. We partner with local journalists and journalism students to produce news you can actually use — stories that don’t just inform but move people to action. This is Clinton Hill, telling its own story.
The best reporters for this neighborhood are the people who live in it. We recruit and train residents to serve as citizen journalists — learning the craft of documentation and storytelling before producing their own content for the Clinton Hill Record. This is not just media training. This is giving the community the tools to hold power accountable and make sure their stories get told right.
Digital Media - Behind the Camera
Good content tells a story. Great content moves people. Our Digital Media Production Company produces content that highlights the work of CHCA and the heartbeat of this community — and offers fee-based production services to other organizations and community groups who want to do the same. We’re building something real, and we’re building it here in Clinton Hill.
If you’re between 16 and 30 and you’ve got a vision, we want to work with you. Our Digital Media Fellows program recruits and trains young adults in videography, photography, and editing — and puts them to work producing content on CHCA’s work and the happenings throughout the community. Fellows build their portfolio, sharpen their skills, and position themselves as gig contract workers in a growing industry. This is a career, and it starts here.
Six weeks. Real skills. Real experience. Our Summer Digital Media Youth Fellows Program is an introductory training program for high school students participating in the City’s Summer Youth Employment Program. We introduce young people to careers in photography, videography, and editing — planting seeds for the next generation of storytellers coming out of Clinton Hill.
Citizen Journalism Programs - Keeping the Record
Clinton Hill has a history worth knowing. Our Neighborhood History Project brings together residents, local historians, and experts to produce a written history of the neighborhood, a walking tour of historically significant places, and a collection of photographs and oral histories. This is the foundation for our planned neighborhood museum — a permanent home for the stories, the faces, and the legacy of Clinton Hill.
