Tara Francis Chan

Dec 18, 2024 | theappeal.org | Tara Francis Chan

This week, The Appeal launched its third annual Impact Report, which offers a small window into the many ways our journalism made a difference in 2024. Our stories have contributed to policy changes, spurred state and federal investigations, and helped people access care, representation, and freedom. In 2024, we published more than 150 newsletter issues and articles. Thanks to you—our loyal newsletter readers—we uplifted the stories of more impacted people than ever.

Dec 5, 2024 | rjionline.org | Molly Greene |Tara Francis Chan

A new guide to implementing practices that care for, and center, journalists in news organizationsThe Appeal and the Reynolds Journalism Institute are thrilled to announce a new resource for news leaders and entrepreneurs: The Care & Collaboration Toolkit. This toolkit serves as a practical resource for news organizations who want to better support their journalists and include them in the decisions that impact their lives and work.

Jul 29, 2024 | rjionline.org | Tara Francis Chan |Molly Greene

Making sure your fiscal sponsor, bank, HR and other partners reflect and support your cultureAs newsroom leaders, we often think a lot about how our organizations embody our values, yet we rarely expect the same from the contractors and external partners. But thoughtfully choosing who you work with when you start a newsroom is an important way to build your values into your organization’s foundation. When we first relaunched our newsroom, we needed a bank, a fiscal sponsor, and a PEO.

Jul 22, 2024 | rjionline.org | Tara Francis Chan |Molly Greene

Figuring out a salary model is one of a newsroom start-up’s toughest challenges, but can also be one of its most rewardingIn almost every newsroom, salaries are secretive, inequitable, and contentious. But it doesn’t have to be that way, particularly when you start a newsroom from scratch. At The Appeal, we built a transparent and equitable compensation model that works for everyone.

May 22, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Molly Greene |Tara Francis Chan

Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2024 10:50 am Last month we shared The Appeal’s approach to working with incarcerated writers, whose contributions are essential to our newsroom’s mission of centering voices most impacted by the criminal legal system.