Tiny News Collective
@tinynewscollective.bsky.social
Tiny News Collective supports early-stage community and local news startups from pre-launch and beyond. We support the voices historically excluded from media and media ownership. https://www.tinynewsco.org
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Tiny News Collective (TNC) supports a diverse group of founders leading community-centered media outlets that produce transformative journalism and fill civic information gaps. Our members serve commu...
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We ❤️ our members! Today, we unveil our new member page, which shows how much we have grown in the last year. We encourage you to take a look and also visit the sites to see the amazing work our members do across the country: 25 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico, so far.
www.tinynewsco.org/members/
www.tinynewsco.org/members/
🎉We’re excited to welcome @massarah.bsky.social as our first-ever Response & Resilience Program manager. 💖In this role, Massarah will support our members — early-stage, community-rooted newsrooms — by helping them navigate the real risks and pressures they face.
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Massarah Mikati joins TNC as response and resilience program manager
She will focus on supporting members with the specific risks they face as news founders of community-rooted outlets.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:24 PM
🎉We’re excited to welcome @massarah.bsky.social as our first-ever Response & Resilience Program manager. 💖In this role, Massarah will support our members — early-stage, community-rooted newsrooms — by helping them navigate the real risks and pressures they face.
www.tinynewsco.org/massarah-mik...
www.tinynewsco.org/massarah-mik...
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The Southlander is honored to receive support from the Immediate Needs Fund established by Tiny News Collective. We will be using the funds to obtain media liability insurance, which is essential before we publish our first investigations of 2026.
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We're excited to announce the 20 member newsrooms that have received funding from our Immediate Needs Fund: @autonomynews.co, Crosswinds News, Bottom Up Media, Chisholm Free Press, Esta es la Cosa, @kaheawaimedia.bsky.social, Miami Affordable Magazine ...
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Tiny News gives second round of Immediate Needs grants to 20 member newsrooms
These $5,000 grants will help members secure essential back-office support, fill a salary gap, hire a contract grant writer and more.
www.tinynewsco.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Southlander is honored to receive support from the Immediate Needs Fund established by Tiny News Collective. We will be using the funds to obtain media liability insurance, which is essential before we publish our first investigations of 2026.
Subscribe to stay up to date on the latest!
Subscribe to stay up to date on the latest!
We're excited to announce the 20 member newsrooms that have received funding from our Immediate Needs Fund: @autonomynews.co, Crosswinds News, Bottom Up Media, Chisholm Free Press, Esta es la Cosa, @kaheawaimedia.bsky.social, Miami Affordable Magazine ...
www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-gi...
www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-gi...
Tiny News gives second round of Immediate Needs grants to 20 member newsrooms
These $5,000 grants will help members secure essential back-office support, fill a salary gap, hire a contract grant writer and more.
www.tinynewsco.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
We're excited to announce the 20 member newsrooms that have received funding from our Immediate Needs Fund: @autonomynews.co, Crosswinds News, Bottom Up Media, Chisholm Free Press, Esta es la Cosa, @kaheawaimedia.bsky.social, Miami Affordable Magazine ...
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www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-gi...
🎁 As we head toward the end of the year, we humbly ask if you would donate to Tiny News Collective. Your donation will help us meet our ambitious goals and continue to address the deeper needs of news neglect and news deserts. THANK YOU! tinynewsco.monkeypod.io/give/support...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
🎁 As we head toward the end of the year, we humbly ask if you would donate to Tiny News Collective. Your donation will help us meet our ambitious goals and continue to address the deeper needs of news neglect and news deserts. THANK YOU! tinynewsco.monkeypod.io/give/support...
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When I think of being part of a community, collaboration is at the heart of that.
When fellow @tinynewscollective.bsky.social member Mark Swartz of Aging in America approached @fylpro.bsky.social's
@tayohelp.bsky.social to partner on caregiving stories in the Filipino community, it was a no brainer
When fellow @tinynewscollective.bsky.social member Mark Swartz of Aging in America approached @fylpro.bsky.social's
@tayohelp.bsky.social to partner on caregiving stories in the Filipino community, it was a no brainer
December 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
When I think of being part of a community, collaboration is at the heart of that.
When fellow @tinynewscollective.bsky.social member Mark Swartz of Aging in America approached @fylpro.bsky.social's
@tayohelp.bsky.social to partner on caregiving stories in the Filipino community, it was a no brainer
When fellow @tinynewscollective.bsky.social member Mark Swartz of Aging in America approached @fylpro.bsky.social's
@tayohelp.bsky.social to partner on caregiving stories in the Filipino community, it was a no brainer
💡Amy Bushatz is tackling civic engagement in Alaska, with @matsusentinel.bsky.social showing how local journalism can inform, connect and inspire communities.
Learn more about her story in our latest feature.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
#NonprofitNews #LocalNewsMatters
Learn more about her story in our latest feature.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
#NonprofitNews #LocalNewsMatters
5 Questions with Amy Bushatz of Mat-Su Sentinel
Amy Bushatz shares the story of launching Mat-Su Sentinel — two months earlier than she planned — and how it's been going since.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
💡Amy Bushatz is tackling civic engagement in Alaska, with @matsusentinel.bsky.social showing how local journalism can inform, connect and inspire communities.
Learn more about her story in our latest feature.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
#NonprofitNews #LocalNewsMatters
Learn more about her story in our latest feature.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
#NonprofitNews #LocalNewsMatters
Big milestone here! Congrats @thelatinonewsletter.org and @juliorvarela.com!
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Big milestone here! Congrats @thelatinonewsletter.org and @juliorvarela.com!
📣 Big news! We’re thrilled to welcome Luisa Suarez as TNC’s first-ever Collective Fellow! Luisa brings powerful experience in community engagement and civic information access. Her passion for inclusive, community-rooted media is a perfect fit for our mission. 💛
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Luisa Suarez joins TNC as our first Collective Fellow
This fellowship marks an important step forward as the Collective expands its mission- and member-driven work.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
📣 Big news! We’re thrilled to welcome Luisa Suarez as TNC’s first-ever Collective Fellow! Luisa brings powerful experience in community engagement and civic information access. Her passion for inclusive, community-rooted media is a perfect fit for our mission. 💛
www.tinynewsco.org/luisa-suarez...
www.tinynewsco.org/luisa-suarez...
🎁 On this Giving Tuesday, we invite you to check out our member organizations and consider supporting them with your donations. They are doing some of the most imaginative, community-centered work in the journalism space. Don't be surprised if you are inspired by them!
www.tinynewsco.org/members/
www.tinynewsco.org/members/
Our Members
Tiny News Collective (TNC) supports a diverse group of founders leading community-centered media outlets that produce transformative journalism and fill civic information gaps. Our members serve commu...
www.tinynewsco.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🎁 On this Giving Tuesday, we invite you to check out our member organizations and consider supporting them with your donations. They are doing some of the most imaginative, community-centered work in the journalism space. Don't be surprised if you are inspired by them!
www.tinynewsco.org/members/
www.tinynewsco.org/members/
🎁 As we head into the holiday gift-giving season, our members have come up with creative merch that speaks to their missions and brands. Case in point: @autonomynews.co, which has added a number of ornaments to their store. www.bonfire.com/store/autono...
#localnews #communitynews #entrepreneurship
#localnews #communitynews #entrepreneurship
Autonomy News | Bonfire
Official merchandise for Autonomy News, a worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🎁 As we head into the holiday gift-giving season, our members have come up with creative merch that speaks to their missions and brands. Case in point: @autonomynews.co, which has added a number of ornaments to their store. www.bonfire.com/store/autono...
#localnews #communitynews #entrepreneurship
#localnews #communitynews #entrepreneurship
❤️🔥 Our hearts are filled with gratitude for our members, our funders, our partners and our staff. We hope everyone has a day filled with love, hope and community. And food. Lots of yummy comfort food!
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
❤️🔥 Our hearts are filled with gratitude for our members, our funders, our partners and our staff. We hope everyone has a day filled with love, hope and community. And food. Lots of yummy comfort food!
“At every step, the community showed up.”💗
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
5 Questions with Kari Mar of La Conner Community News
Kari Mar, founder of La Conner Community News, shares how she stepped up to fill a local news desert gap in Washington's Skagit County.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“At every step, the community showed up.”💗
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
🎉 We invite you to take a look at what we and our members have been up to in the last month. This newsletter is a special one: it's the first that features a piece by our new membership director, Elaine Diaz Rodriguez, sharing her insights from 90 days on the job.
www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...
www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🎉 We invite you to take a look at what we and our members have been up to in the last month. This newsletter is a special one: it's the first that features a piece by our new membership director, Elaine Diaz Rodriguez, sharing her insights from 90 days on the job.
www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...
www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...
📣 We're hiring! We are seeking our first-ever development director to help us sustain and grow the work we do to support early-stage news founders. It's a really exciting and important role for us. Please share widely!
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www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-co...
Tiny News Collective to expand with the hire of a development director
TNC is hiring its first Development Director to build and sustain support for our mission- and member-driven work.
www.tinynewsco.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📣 We're hiring! We are seeking our first-ever development director to help us sustain and grow the work we do to support early-stage news founders. It's a really exciting and important role for us. Please share widely!
www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-co...
www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-co...
🚨Gig alert: We are looking for someone to join us part-time to support a new response and resilience program for members. We are looking for someone with empathy and strong organizational skills to help us get the program off the ground. Is it you?
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-to-creat...
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-to-creat...
TNC to create response and resilience program, seeks a program manager
Tiny News Collective seeks a part-time program manager to support new programming focused on members' response and resilience.
www.tinynewsco.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨Gig alert: We are looking for someone to join us part-time to support a new response and resilience program for members. We are looking for someone with empathy and strong organizational skills to help us get the program off the ground. Is it you?
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-to-creat...
www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-to-creat...
🌱 We offer a warm welcome to @reporterliz.bsky.social , founder of The LA Reporter, into TNC. The LA Reporter covers politics in Los Angeles with one clear goal: to invite everyday people into the democratic process.
Check out her newsletter and subscribe: thelareporter.la
Check out her newsletter and subscribe: thelareporter.la
The LA Reporter
New from a Los Angeles reporter.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌱 We offer a warm welcome to @reporterliz.bsky.social , founder of The LA Reporter, into TNC. The LA Reporter covers politics in Los Angeles with one clear goal: to invite everyday people into the democratic process.
Check out her newsletter and subscribe: thelareporter.la
Check out her newsletter and subscribe: thelareporter.la
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h/t to the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social and @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social, two great orgs working to keep journalism alive.
h/t to the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social and @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social, two great orgs working to keep journalism alive.
It's a good time to re-share this toolkit for journalists put out by @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social and written by @katiehawk.bsky.social. It's a great resource for laid-off journalists. We are featured in it for the folks who want to launch their own outlet.
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
Laid Off to Launch: A Toolkit for Journalists - News Revenue Hub
News Revenue Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps news organizations build financial sustainability. Our contribution management platform and strategic consulting services add the tech and talent i...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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h/t to the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social and @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social, two great orgs working to keep journalism alive.
h/t to the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social and @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social, two great orgs working to keep journalism alive.
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Other folks have said it, but let me just note that:
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Other folks have said it, but let me just note that:
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
It's a good time to re-share this toolkit for journalists put out by @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social and written by @katiehawk.bsky.social. It's a great resource for laid-off journalists. We are featured in it for the folks who want to launch their own outlet.
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
Laid Off to Launch: A Toolkit for Journalists - News Revenue Hub
News Revenue Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps news organizations build financial sustainability. Our contribution management platform and strategic consulting services add the tech and talent i...
fundjournalism.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's a good time to re-share this toolkit for journalists put out by @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social and written by @katiehawk.bsky.social. It's a great resource for laid-off journalists. We are featured in it for the folks who want to launch their own outlet.
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
fundjournalism.org/news/laid-of...
It looks like two TNC members need to do a cross-over story here: @coyotemedia.org started theirs with sandwiches they like (in reaction to the DC jury finding DC's sandwich guy not guilty). What's your move, @51st.news?
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Sandwich Terrorism Is Now Legal. Also, Here Are Some Sandwiches We Like
COYOTE does not condone violence, only sandwiches.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It looks like two TNC members need to do a cross-over story here: @coyotemedia.org started theirs with sandwiches they like (in reaction to the DC jury finding DC's sandwich guy not guilty). What's your move, @51st.news?
www.coyotemedia.org/sandwich-ter...
www.coyotemedia.org/sandwich-ter...
Super fun TikTok of our operations director with the @blackbygod.bsky.social team from an event in Charleston, West Virginia, about narrative storytelling. You gotta watch! www.facebook.com/reel/7609083... cc @cgoodwoman.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Super fun TikTok of our operations director with the @blackbygod.bsky.social team from an event in Charleston, West Virginia, about narrative storytelling. You gotta watch! www.facebook.com/reel/7609083... cc @cgoodwoman.bsky.social
🌟Our latest "5 Questions with" features @christurdisani.bsky.social, @maddiepoore.bsky.social of @51st.news, discussing the newsroom’s worker-led structure, a popular story about a restaurant’s “luscious” plant display and expanding its Community Connector program. www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
5 Questions with The 51st’s Christina Sturdivant Sani and Maddie Poore
Learn about The 51st's origin story and how it has thrived in its first year since launch.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌟Our latest "5 Questions with" features @christurdisani.bsky.social, @maddiepoore.bsky.social of @51st.news, discussing the newsroom’s worker-led structure, a popular story about a restaurant’s “luscious” plant display and expanding its Community Connector program. www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
Yes to this a million times over! It's a big belief of ours at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.
One of my underlying working models for non-profit news is that nobody is in competition with each other. We should all be co-operative. We should be open sourcing code, sharing wins and losses, and doing as much as possible to lift each other up - out in the open so newcomers can benefit too.
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yes to this a million times over! It's a big belief of ours at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.
@leximcmenamin.com We're so sorry to see the mass layoffs at Teen Vogue. If folks there are interested in creating their own outlet not connected to a corporate entity, we'd love to support you in your journey. We can imagine a really great worker-led/-owned cooperative coming out of the ashes.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
@leximcmenamin.com We're so sorry to see the mass layoffs at Teen Vogue. If folks there are interested in creating their own outlet not connected to a corporate entity, we'd love to support you in your journey. We can imagine a really great worker-led/-owned cooperative coming out of the ashes.
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⚠️ Heads up, LION (and @tinynewscollective.bsky.social) members!
If you're thinking about attending our free Virtual Vendor Fair on 11/19, we've already handed out about 1/2 of our tickets. See who's presenting, get registered, and stay tuned for the final agenda: lionpublishers.com/virtual-vend...
If you're thinking about attending our free Virtual Vendor Fair on 11/19, we've already handed out about 1/2 of our tickets. See who's presenting, get registered, and stay tuned for the final agenda: lionpublishers.com/virtual-vend...
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
⚠️ Heads up, LION (and @tinynewscollective.bsky.social) members!
If you're thinking about attending our free Virtual Vendor Fair on 11/19, we've already handed out about 1/2 of our tickets. See who's presenting, get registered, and stay tuned for the final agenda: lionpublishers.com/virtual-vend...
If you're thinking about attending our free Virtual Vendor Fair on 11/19, we've already handed out about 1/2 of our tickets. See who's presenting, get registered, and stay tuned for the final agenda: lionpublishers.com/virtual-vend...