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NEWSWELL is an innovative nonprofit transforming local news to help communities and democracy thrive. Based out of Arizona State University, NEWSWELL supports community-centered newsrooms such as Stocktonia, Times of San Diego and Santa Barbara News-Press.
In partnership with the Knight Center for the Future of News, we're thrilled to announce the National Journalism + AI Accelerator in Phoenix Jan. 6-8 to:

🤖 Explore AI's impact on news
👥 Collaborate with AI innovators
📰 Build strategies for a changing landscape
National Journalism and AI Accelerator
The National Journalism and AI Accelerator at Arizona State University is an invitation-only gathering for technologists and AI/media leaders.
asunewswell.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NEWSWELL contracts with qualified freelance journalists for a variety of positions for our newsrooms:

-Stocktonia in Stockton, California
-Times of San Diego
-Santa Barbara News-Press

Do you want to be considered for our freelance pool? Share your information 👉 ow.ly/ep0N50V7V6O
February 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We're excited to work with the Allbritton Journalism Institute!

It’s crucial that local readers have quality independent news about the federal government and how decisions from Washington, D.C., impact their lives, jobs, schools and communities.
NOTUS Launches “Washington Bureau Initiative” to Serve Local Communities With Major Grant From Google News Initiative - Allbritton Journalism Institute
NOTUS and the Allbritton Journalism Institute announced today that they are partnering with a group of local newsrooms around the country to provide their readers with critical accountability reportin...
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February 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We heard some great insights at the @knightfoundation.org Media Forum. 👇
February 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Our work at NEWSWELL includes innovative and collaborative ways to tell the news in the communities we serve, and who better to help tell that news than the people who lived through it?
A 360-degree collaboration in local news
B.J.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“Local (news) is where we can still have conversations,” NEWSWELL Executive Director Nicole Carroll told an audience gathered to hear from Pulitzer Prize winners tonight in Stockton, California. “Local is where we can still get together and hash through things.”
Unearthing stories, rebuilding trust: Pulitzer winners bring tales from front lines
In front of a full San Joaquin Delta College theatre, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Caitlin Dickerson recounted a memory of spreading thousands of
stocktonia.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“We’re teammates, partners with them,” NEWSWELL Executive Director Nicole Carroll told @columjournreview.bsky.social of our local sites. “It’s not a top-down thing.”

Thanks to CJR for covering our launch and showcasing Times of San Diego! Learn more about what we're doing to transform local news:
Back to School
Local newsrooms are donating themselves to Arizona State in exchange for administrative support.
www.cjr.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We're getting excited about the Pulitzer on the Road: Stories That Matter event in Stockton on Feb. 13, especially after hearing from some of the panelists. Join @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social winners for a conversation about local news, national politics and the future of journalism in our community.
Three Pulitzer honorees will bring their insights to free event in Stockton
Delta College and Stocktonia will host “Stories that Matter,” a conversation some of the nation’s best journalists, to examine what national politics and immigration policy mean for San Joaquin County...
stocktonia.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is going to be an amazing event! If you're in Stockton or the Bay area on Feb. 13, join us.
January 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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January 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
​​NEWSWELL intends to restart the Santa Barbara News-Press, a stalwart of the community for more than 150 years, as a locally based online media outlet. NEWSWELL will provide operational and strategic support, but the News-Press will be led by local editors, reporters and staff.
January 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Introducing NEWSWELL: In too many communities, local news is failing – at a time when the nation needs it most. NEWSWELL Executive Director Nicole Carroll explains our new nonprofit’s bold solution to transform local journalism.
Read her column here: www.poynter.org/business-wor...
A university steps in with a new model for preserving local news - Poynter
The nonprofit NEWSWELL, a project of Arizona State University, offers an innovative approach for giving newsrooms the support they need
www.poynter.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM