🎉 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.

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💥 Got a vision for a new local newsroom? Not sure where to start? We've got you.
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28

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Please join us in welcoming Amy Austin to the Tiny News Collective board! Amy is a veteran in alternative media and the arts, and now becomes the first non-founding member of our board — a major step as we grow our collective of local news innovators.

www.tinynewsco.org/tnc-welcomes...

Last night was a big win for @tinynewscollective.bsky.social at the @lionpubs.bsky.social awards ceremony. Members @matsusentinel.bsky.social won the best new business award and @ethiopique202.bsky.social won the public service award in the micro category.

Many thanks to Christian Monterrosa for serving as our interim membership director this summer. We're so grateful for his leadership and can't wait to see what he does next!

✅ Today's a great day to sign up for the next Startup Session that we're cohosting with @inn.org. We'll answer any❓ you might have about TNC, INN and what the journey of becoming a news founder looks like.

➡️ Sign up for the May 20 session at 3 p.m. ET: calendly.com/courtney-inn...

✨ "People want information. I've seen the enthusiasm for having a weekly paper back in town." - Richard Campbell, co-founder of @oxfordfreepress. The weekly nonprofit paper in Ohio was launched last year after a local newspaper folded. www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...