Bettina Chang

now: @JSKstanford fellow | co-founder: @City_Bureau | star sign: camp counselor | before: @Chicagomag, @DNAinfoChi, @PacificStand

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

I deeply believe that the future of local news is communal and participatory. That doesn't mean the end of professional journalism — it means:
* more people committing acts of journalism
* better journalists who see this as a boon rather than a burden

[John S. Knight Fellowships @JSKstanford]

Where do editors come from? 2025 JSK Fellow Bettina Chang is on a mission to find out, and she’s asking editors to share their stories. Read her reflections and take the survey. https://t.co/6AekAh4Bjb

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

The reason I have the time and space to do this now (even though I've been jabbering about it for years) is because of the incredible @JSKstanford fellowship, which is for people who actually want the industry to get better! Apps are OPEN now til Jan 15 👀 https://t.co/DPV82FC7kq

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

What's the deal with editors?? An (apparently) hot topic in journalism that I don't think enough people talk about, and the reason why I joined the @JSKstanford fellowship.

Read all about it, and take the survey (!) please! https://t.co/ItTmYllbog

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

As usual, @HBCompass has all the right thoughts about WaPost, accountability and what we (don't) owe to journalism institutions https://t.co/t8DW9BHd90

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

We NEED public policy to keep up with our modern news crises — in a way that prioritizes our communities, not news businesses. Press Forward's commitment to media policy makes me hopeful (and ya it helps that @d_holli cowrote the post 😆) https://t.co/ZP04NZOHKC

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

@CHIdocumenters 🤩 those clear Chi Docs backpacks...

[Chicago Documenters @CHIdocumenters]

Good morning and happy first day of #ChiBudgetSzn FY2025🤑 We’re here at City Hall where Mayor Brandon Johnson is about to introduce his second city budget amidst a $982 million deficit. Read more here⬇️
https://t.co/fNGeWTHx2z

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

Here's a free idea for TV news: Talk to undecided voters, have THEM ask questions, and have a journalist actually answer them with research and citations.

Instead of whatever this bullshit is :waves toward television:

[xxxxxxxxxxx @MorganEliseJ]

This is a phenomenal and educational piece about Black political power building within the Democratic Party and the legacy of Jesse Jackson. Reporting by @_ToniaHill

https://t.co/3dzRHdfEpz

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

Hello all, please observe how incredible my best friend is

[Serena Dai @ssdai]

😎😎😎 JOB NEWS 😎😎😎

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

@ssdai Tbf as a midwesterner there used to only be one kind of “brat summer”

[Sarah Conway @sarahanneconway]

✏️@PhotosBySebas on massive federal lawsuit suing the city of Chicago, CPD and individual officers, Home Depot and employees that dropped this morning concerning accusations of harassment, beatings, hidden interrogation room and racist criminalization of Venezuelan day laborers

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

@heypbowman No

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

🗣️We're #hiring a Civic Editor!

We’re looking for a collaborative and experienced editor to oversee editorial projects and develop and manage civic reporting in #Chicago.

💰 $90k & benefits
✍️ Apply by July 19
https://t.co/ZBvqrdXZ0E

[Shamus Toomey @stoomey]

Big day for Block Club Chicago. It's our 6th birthday.

When our old, for-profit newsroom, DNAinfo, was shut down, the laid-off journalists rebuilt it as a nonprofit. @BlockClubChi has now survived longer than DNA — and we need your help to keep the story going ...

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

2001 Britney Spears 🤝 2004 Gwen Stefani

[Em @purikoen_]

J….jimono………….

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

Yessss!! ❤️❤️ building people power, teaching the teachers - can’t wait to see how @lenifaye continues to impact so many newsrooms and communities with her brilliance

[Andrea Faye Hart @lenifaye]

I am so honored to be @tinynewsco new membership director. Here to keep building people power and new possibilities.

I’ve got so much more to say but I’m hiding out on my friend’s farm until tomorrow doing queer community-building and dreaming. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[david jackson @poolcar4]

Chicago news is a bustling, smash-mouth, glorious little world.

Tiny nonprofits are punching way above their weight, and now mine - @injusticewatch - is searching for a CEO to succeed the storied @JulietSorensen1 :

https://t.co/D5s3vk7Unt

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

@lenifaye Wowwwwww this is eerily accurate 😂😂😂

[Emily Ramshaw @eramshaw]

The deadline is approaching to apply to be @19thnews VP! This person will serve as my business and strategic partner, scaling up our fundraising capacity and leading many of The 19th’s non-journalism functions, including development, finance + budgeting. https://t.co/8YPLc3aCo0