GSNC is a collective of more than 20 local media, education, and community partners working together to produce and share news stories on the issues that most impact the state. The Collaborative partners aim to provide more information to more communities across New Hampshire than they could individually.
In 2020, The Collaborative and its partners launched a multiyear Race and Equity Initiative that aims to: highlight the stories of people of color in New Hampshire, partner with them to amplify their voices, investigate the policies and systems in place that have had disproportionately negative impacts on these members of our New Hampshire community and surface potential solutions. This examination also includes analyzing the impact of these systems on other historically marginalized communities including those living in poverty and rural communities.
Focus areas of the initiative include access to civic engagement, affordable housing, economic opportunity, education, environmental justice, health, policing/criminal justice and arts and culture.
"We know that access to trusted information is vital to healthy, vibrant communities and our state. We are so grateful for the continued support from the Endowment," said Melanie Plenda, Executive Director of The Collaborative.
GSNC will use these funds to hire experienced investigative freelance print, audio, video, and photo journalists and editors to produce in-depth, rigorously reported story packages and series relative to the initiative. They will also employ a data editor to help compile data which will inform projects and will be made available to the public for free to download. Additionally, the Collaborative will continue to offer project management and coordination services to ensure that the work is done and distributed across myriad networks in order to reach the most people.
The Endowment for Health is a statewide, private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to improving the health of New Hampshire's people, especially those who are vulnerable and underserved. The Endowment envisions a culture that supports the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of all people, through every stage of life.
Our partners include: 603 Diversity; The Berlin Daily Sun, Business NH Magazine, The Business Journal of Greater Keene, Brattleboro and Peterborough, The Concord Monitor, The Conway Daily Sun, The Eagle Times, The Eagle-Tribune, The Keene Sentinel, The Laconia Daily Sun, Manchester Ink Link, The Marlin Fitzwater Center at Franklin Pierce University, The Nashua Telegraph, NH Bar News, NH Business Review, New Hampshire Press Association, New Hampshire PBS, NH Public Radio, The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Seacoast Media Group and The Valley News.
For inquiries please contact:
Melanie Plenda, Executive Director
Granite State News Collaborative
Email: melanieplenda@granitestatenews.org
Phone:(603) 762-3302