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To strengthen local journalism and encourage greater connection between reporters and Charlotte residents, Solutions Journalism Network launched the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative (CJC) in 2019. The CJC is a partnership of seven major media companies and other local institutions focusing on issues of major importance to the Charlotte region. Members of the collaborative include The Charlotte Observer, Carolina Public Press, La Noticia, QCity Metro, Qnotes, WCNC-TV and WFAE 90.7 FM, as well as the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Free Press. The CJC is supported by the Local Media Project, an initiative launched by the Solutions Journalism Network with support from the Knight Foundation to strengthen and reinvigorate local media ecosystems.  Learn more

The Delaware Journalism Collaborative is a partnership of local news and community organizations working to bridge divides statewide. The Collaborative reports on and engages communities throughout Delaware on issues of racial, politicial, geographic and other types of polarization that divide us and advance solutions for how we can work together more effectively. Learn more

Today's LGBTQ communities in North and South Carolina need a news outlet that celebrates their unique and diverse voices and lived experiences. QnotesCarolinas.com provides a new online platform that amplifies these stories and creates a hub for online engagement that is community-sourced and supported, community-involved and hyper-local. 

This is a project of Qnotes and Pride Publishing & Typesetting, Inc. Funding from the Google GNI Innovation Challenge has allowed for initial development, engineering, software integration and launch of the project. The long-term goal is to create a news and storytelling opportunity in communities across North and South Carolina with a sliding scale membership that allows sustainability and financial support of LGBTQ journalists, while encouraging open forums that give voice to people across the two states. Learn more

A project for the Charlotte LGBTQ Elders, Inside the Story was a series of programs celebrating the lives and experiences of the LGBTQ community through music, theatre and storytelling. The project was conceived by the late Dan Kirsch who was the leader of the Charlotte LGBTQ Elders up to his passing in February 2020. The project included a virtual concert and interview with musician June Millington of the all-female rock band Fanny, storytelling workshops with Hannah Hasan of Epoch Tribe, presentation on the history of the LGBTQ Choral Movement by Dr. William Southerland and a dramatic reading of the 1999 play "Life Versus the Paperback Romance" by Samantha Gellar with Project Enough. 

artstreet is currently seeking animated filmmakers for an upcoming film project. If interested, please email chris.rudisill@artstcreative.com.