Matt interviews Yara El Murr, the Managing Editor of the Green Line, an innovative Toronto news outlet that is making community-driven, hyper-local news.

Our information ecosystem is full of misinformation and news fatigue and Yara shares insights on how journalists can produce useful and compelling journalism that responds to these growing challenges.

Learn about the 4-step action journey that structures their monthly reporting.

Learn More:

The Green Line: https://thegreenline.to/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thegreenlineto

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tglhelps/

Videos used in this episode:

St. Clare's Housing Organization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNeqKPMh84

Third Spaces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4tMHhsUTDc

Books:

The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Good_Place_(book)

Trust in Numbers by Theodore Porter: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208411/trust-in-numbers

I tried super-hard to identify the book I read about the big 3 networks and the evening news, but I read it 20 years ago and it is lost to history.

Music Credits:

'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist.

‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson. Performed by The Union Guitar Trio. Used with permission of the artists.

Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD

Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833