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Oct. 19, 2021

Hello everyone, this is Olivia Henry! This is the first 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|subscribe]].

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

**News**

It was heartbreaking to read that The Devil Strip's board [[https://twitter.com/akrondevilstrip/status/1450181789998358532|laid off]] all of its employees Monday citing a lack of funds.

Scholar Rafael Grohmann [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jue6SDjQV0|interviewed]] Sludge Co-founder David Moore about The Brick House Cooperative, of which Sludge is a member.

Carla Murphy [[https://twitter.com/carlamurphy/status/1449380998177775623|is inviting]] journalists of color to share their work experiences in a survey.

Mark Glaser [[https://medium.com/trust-media-and-democracy/how-creative-ownership-structures-can-help-local-news-publishers-stay-local-3e1f1324c706|wrote]] about creative ownership structures — including cooperatives — for the The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy.

The Appeal [[https://twitter.com/theappeal/status/1445374609436577793|announced]] it has formed a new worker-led nonprofit after the newsroom's project sponsor shut down the publication back in June.

Worker-owned blog Defector Media [[https://defector.com/one-year-of-defector/|celebrated]] its first anniversary in September.

Several staff members of Current Affairs [[https://twitter.com/AffairsPast/status/1428010552324984837|said ]]they were fired in August for seeking to convert the magazine into a worker cooperative.

**Resources **

The Sustainable Economies Law Center [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSikbG2IVDk|hosted]] a panel conversation in September about different approaches to democratic governance. Also check out their session on the law center's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwpsHbmb2-s|salary calculator]] "that takes into account a staffer’s location, dependents, and socioeconomic background."

The [[https://www.start.coop/accelerator/apply|deadline]] to apply for Start.coop's accelerator is Nov. 7. Kevon Paynter of Bloc by Block News, a multi-stakeholder news cooperative in Maryland, was part of last year's cohort.

Thanks for reading

Take care, Olivia

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