You’ve read and researched, hopefully, how someone in the job you hold can support community engaged journalism and how producers and reporters can actually begin engaging with audiences and the broader community.This section of the playbook give you practical tools to do all of this: Source diversity tracking tools and advice; an overview of specific digital and in-person strategies such as texting, convenings, digital engagement; worksheets, planners and survey templates; a guide to reaching Spanish-speaking communities and finally the Ultimate Community Engagement Reading List, with enough content to keep you reading and learning through the next year or two. The reading list is annotated and divided by subject matter, so look for what you need and dive deep into what practitioners and experts have learned. Enjoy!

This playbook references various tools you can use in your engagement process. Here’s a summary.