Our Work
WHAT WE DO
We connect our audiences of journalists, media makers and storytellers with youth, educators, nonprofit leaders, advocates, members of law enforcement and researchers seeking to create or increase awareness around a particular topic or issue.
Programs, Partnerships, and the Power of Story
The public narrative is shaped by the lived experiences of people impacted by decisions made, often, beyond their control. At Public Narrative, we connect our broad audience to other community members who seek to will their power and influence for public good.
TRAINING
We equip trainees with the tools needed to effectively engagement members of the media as informed consumers of news and information.
PROGRAMMING
Our programming is designed with specific outcomes that drive media literacy and the changing of harmful narratives in mind.
PARTNERSHIPS
Our value-aligned partnerships allow us to fulfill our mission in creative and innovative ways that help shift the public narrative related to public safety, health and education.
AREAS OF WORK
Since 2019, we’ve been intentional about our approach to narrative change and our role in shifting harmful safety, health and education narratives. We are committed to engaging marginalized communities and their service providers in dialogues that address challenges and introduce probable solutions. In partnership, we seek to implement and analyze probable solutions for their viability and sustainability.
PUBLIC HEALTH
We engage journalists among networks of patients, caregivers and health researchers. Together, their efforts create opportunities for communities to access actionable health research through stories published and disseminated in local community media.
SAFETY
We equip violence prevention service providers and justice advocates with the tools needed to effectively engage journalists and policy makers. Together, these community members explore crime prevention alongside journalists, media makers and other storytellers.
EDUCATION
We gather our audience, broadly, to explore their understanding of their own news and media consumption and their need for deeper media literacy. In an effort to minimize dis/misinformation, we encourage our audience to embed responsible news and media consumption into their regular practice of engagement on social media and other digital platforms.
OUR MEDIA GUIDES
We help guide the news ecosystem to produce news that matters.
Whether it’s training communities on the ground, gathering voices through our programs and events, or establishing strong partnerships to make greater impact, Public Narrative has worked through the decades to focus on what matters most–the people who shape our city through their voice and actions.
“Public Narrative is a bridge between media and community – [they help us] to understand each other . . . We receive a lot of benefits and learning and connections thanks to Public Narrative.”
- Partnering Journalist