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Coεmeta is about finding truth together: Making better sense for a better world.

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

🗣️ Big news today! After 8 years of a co-leadership structure, we’re searching for our first Executive Director to help us define the next era of growth.

Read why we’re evolving and help us find the right person! https://t.co/4Ao5HQmvuc

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

𝓴𝓝𝓸𝓽𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴 Sessions #1 | Gig Work Polymath with bestie @OliveTonic

kinda a test run, getting technicalities & format sorted etc, so is pretty rough!

but super helpful for me to spitball with a seasoned vet & ramble thru these themes out loud a few times 🪢🙏🪢

🔗 below

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

𝓴𝓝𝓸𝓽𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴 Sessions #2 | NO ONE WANTS TO DO KNOWLEDGE WORK w/ mad lad @MangoZeus

aptly themed as i'm back on forest time & behind on fake email world housekeeping, but want to at least keep these full sessions streaming out. more to come!

🔗 below

https://t.co/8qlexnrbm1

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

☀️ @Co3meta midsummer solstice update ☀️

6th public work log, 2nd of the cycle, infinity gaming

stories, lore, numbers & vibes

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

since i went feral (freelance / indie), been preoccupied with models of cooperative work & mutual aid among fellow wildlings

& been dissatisfied with most i've come across (also inspired by many)

starting to sketch out rough ideas for 𝓴𝓝𝓸𝓽𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

#jobalert - So excited to hire a new EDITORIAL DIRECTOR @city_bureau! Come lead our edit team in creating impactful, cross-platform engagement journalism for Chicago's communities of color! Salary $90k-105k, GREAT benefits, incredible team 💪 https://t.co/PasQ3xMZYh

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

customarily belated but in due time

published the 1st @co3meta Public Work Log of the new cycle

full circle on several fronts, but deeper in the game 🌀

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

go read @d_holli's thread & the report , & tap in!

https://t.co/mBDKmY9Srp

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

in this framework, i see myself & @co3meta as both 'practitioners', 'champions' & network/community-builders, working on strategies # 1 & 3

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

more than a breath of fresh air here

farsighted but deeply rooted vision for (re)generative prosocial information commons

beyond 'local news', legacy institutional forms & other relics of reductionism

https://t.co/mBDKmY9Srp

[Darryl Holliday @d_holli]

Regardless of where you’re coming from, I want to challenge us to reimagine what’s possible—and tell a new story. One that begins w/ local news collapse but comes w/ a unique opportunity to bring something emergent and hugely impactful into being. You have a role to play:

[Darryl Holliday @d_holli]

The #LocalNewsRoadmap lays out 4 recs to scale this field:

1⃣ Coordinate around expanding civic info, not saving the news business
2⃣ Directly invest in the production of civic info
3⃣ Invest in shared services & peer-led networks
4⃣ Pass public policies to expand civic info

[Darryl Holliday @d_holli]

We won’t emerge from this by “saving” the old system. We need to accelerate the transition to a new system centered on community info needs & news products that help people act & solve local issues

A participatory public good that's worth investing in. Yes, I made a chart 🤖

[Darryl Holliday @d_holli]

It's been a trip, y'all—but I couldn’t be more proud of the “#LocalNewsRoadmap: An Emergent Approach to Meeting Civic Information Needs.”

Many thoughts and a 🧵 on the opportunity ahead + one ask:

1) Read/share the report: https://t.co/qzZAtzOSua
2) Keep reading ⏬ Let's talk

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

happy 🌑 winter solstice 🌑 yall

posted the 4th & final @co3meta Public Work Log of the first cycle ♻️

TL;DR-only edition, given current capacity

[Daniel Coεmeta McNichol @dnlmc]

posted the 3rd @co3meta Public Work Log

belated ☀️ autumnal ⚖️ equinox 🌑 update

thinner & more compressed than previous entries, for reasons 🫡

[Darryl Holliday @d_holli]

Know someone I should connect with? Help me find folks **from any field** who want to build local information systems that support liberation, justice and self-determination. Drop their name using this *super easy* @city_bureau form & I will reach out 🙏🏿 https://t.co/huC2oDIS0r

[Darryl Holliday @d_holli]

Come work with the #DocumentersNetwork team at @city_bureau!

We're #hiring for senior director #jobs in operations & team management + product & tech on a growing team

I'm the hiring manager & taking recommendations for folks I should connect with 👋🏿🧵 https://t.co/MgbdrNtb6z

[Coεmeta @co3meta]

they're also hiring!

the team is amazing, the mission is visionary, & they've been doing the work to bring it to life for years

join them!

(& us! 😉🤗)

(& the incredible folks at https://t.co/oQJjPrSxIL !)

https://t.co/NDIDagt6fh

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

This also means we’re growing the Documenters Network team! ✨

If you’re interested in joining this work see our open positions and drop us a line here. 👇🫶 (9/9)
https://t.co/TkYIrGIAlQ

[Coεmeta @co3meta]

we wanna be like @city_bureau when we grow up!

(or at least like 1/10 as cool & impactful)

💚 building capacity & resources in local contexts
💜 relationships > institutions
💙 process > products
❤️‍🔥 info as a public good

big news & deeply deserved
https://t.co/ORYuwt2Dou

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

🥳🎉We’re excited to share big news!🥳🎉

City Bureau and the #DocumentersNetwork won the Stronger Democracy Award which will bring $10 million of funding to expand our participatory civic media network across the country.

Here we go! 🧵 (1/9)