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==== News Co-op Study Group Newsletter ====

=== Jan. 11, 2022 ===

Hello everyone, this is Olivia Henry! This is the second newsletter I'm sending out to people interested in conversations about community- and worker-ownership of newsrooms. I promise to keep it short and focused on links.

Please encourage others to [[https://actionnetwork.org/forms/news-co-op-study-group-newsletter-sign-up?link_id=0&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|subscribe]].

Please [[livmqhenry@protonmail.com|share]] links or ideas!

**News**

The remaining board members of community-owned newspaper The Devil Strip have resigned. Here's their [[https://twitter.com/akrondevilstrip/status/1479514505398956033?link_id=2&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|letter]] explaining their decision, and here's a [[https://www.wksu.org/community/2022-01-07/akrons-devil-strip-comes-to-an-end-with-resignation-of-final-board-members?link_id=3&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|news report]] from WKSU. The board members [[https://thedevilstrip.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=49182f81e6a13cf5eaa496d51fea6406.313&s=7e39a5e3403aa9ccde12a4e490419c3f&link_id=4&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|wrote]] that the bylaws' ambitious quorum and voting thresholds for full-member votes inhibited action at the end.

KweliTV, a streaming service of Black stories from around the world, is holding an [[https://republic.com/kwelitv?link_id=5&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|equity crowdfunding campaign]] to raise $1 million. Equity crowdfunding helps private companies raise capital from friends and supporters — as opposed to banks or VCs — on their own terms. Media organizations such as tech blog [[https://www.startengine.com/hackernoon?link_id=6&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|Hacker Noon]], local news site [[https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/10/with-a-direct-public-offering-berkeleyside-wants-to-turn-its-readers-into-its-newest-owners/?link_id=7&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|Berkeleyside]] and television show [[https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2021/08/13/chosen-bible-jesus-jonathan-roumie-241201?link_id=8&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|The Chosen]] have all raised capital using similar tools. [[https://mailchi.mp/kweli.tv/invest-in-kwelitv-1256623?link_id=9&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|Read more]] about the campaign from KweliTV Founder and CEO DeShuna Elisa Spencer.

Bloc by Block CEO Kevon Paynter spoke about community-owned news during a Nonprofit Quarterly [[https://nonprofitquarterly.org/remaking-the-economy-information-the-media-and-economic-justice/?link_id=10&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|webinar]] in November. Bloc by Block, a multi-stakeholder cooperative news organization serving Maryland, was also recently [[https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/12/the-great-transition/?link_id=11&can_id=73395f5e29d42fc3d04677114bf29362&source=email-test-8319&email_referrer=&email_subject=_-cooperative-news-updates-2|identified]] as one of the organizations leading journalism's "great transition."

Thanks for reading!

Take care, Olivia

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