Demystifying Media At The University Of Oregon

In this episode of the Hearst Demystifying Media podcast, we talk to Ashley Alvarado, director of community engagement at Southern California Public Radio (KPCC + LAist), which in 2019 won the Gather Award for engaged journalism portfolio at the Online Journalism Awards. Among Ashley's efforts to develop strategies and opportunities to engage new and existing audiences across platforms is the engagement-driven, community-centered live storytelling series Unheard LA, leading human-centered design projects, and Feeding the Conversation, an ongoing series of engagement-sourcing gatherings that bring together members of the community with KPCC journalists around specific themes or coverage areas. She also serves as board president of Journalism That Matters, sits on the steering committee of Gather, is a mentor for Membership Puzzle Project’s Join the Beat cohort, and works as a curator for American Press Institute’s BetterNews.org. Find Ashley Alvarado online: Twitter: @AshleyAlvarado LinkedIn: https://www.link