What I’ve Learned (So Far) About Building With Libraries, Newsrooms and Communities - Incite at Columbia University
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What I’ve Learned (So Far) About Building With Libraries, Newsrooms and Communities
- Published November 21, 2025
- Authors Terry Parris Jr.
- Category Article
- Link jskfellows.stanford.edu
If you’ve actually made it this far, you deserve a snack. Hit me up and I’ll mail you something from Stanford (truly, I will). But if you’re just dropping in, the first two parts covered the idea of building newsrooms in libraries and the history that shaped it. This one is about what I’ve learned along the way, the deeper lessons that sit underneath the day-to-day work.
Over years of building, testing and teaching in libraries and newsrooms, a few lessons have settled in. They came slowly, through practice and conversation, and they continue to shape how I think about what comes next.
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