About Us
Our Mission
We partner with communities to develop the locally driven news and information solutions they need to thrive.
We start by listening. Through local partnerships, cross-sector collaboration, and direct investment, we support community-led media solutions that close information gaps, build trust, and strengthen civic health.
Our Vision
We envision a world where every community is rooted in an information garden—where access to trusted, relevant information drives civic health and local power.
Our Values
Listening is our greatest tool
We listen to communities to get a better understanding and shape how we can best serve them.
Cultivating local power is essential
We help build power by resourcing communities directly and providing adaptable tools and guidance, so those closest to the work can lead, sustain, and grow solutions rooted in their own needs.
Cross-sector collaboration is key
We collaborate with local organizations, groups, and individuals outside of traditional journalism to strengthen collective responses to community information needs.
We build for change
We design and implement strategies that keep us grounded in what matters most: supporting community-led change. By tracking progress we hold ourselves accountable to the people and places our work is meant to serve.
Our History
We partner with communities to develop the locally driven news and information solutions they need to thrive.
The Listening Post Collective (LPC) was established in 2013 to bring global expertise in community information mapping for the U.S. Through innovative strategies, LPC helps local media and community organizations address information gaps and empower underserved communities.
Our inaugural project in post-Katrina New Orleans rebuilt trusted information networks, pioneering the use of SMS for civic news sharing. This laid the groundwork for numerous successful civic media projects across the country.
We launched the Civic Media Playbook, a digital learning community, mirroring our 3-phase Civic Media Design process—Listen, Seed, and Cultivate. This platform provides tools, resources, and a collaborative network to map information needs and launch sustainable, community-driven civic media projects.
Our work demonstrates the power of community engagement in creating impactful, local journalism. We provide a proven framework to build resilient information ecosystems that directly serve community needs.
