Neighborhood Special Project - Downtown

Downtown neighborhood (Directions)

On this assignment, Documenters will elevate the places, vibes and voices from Akron’s neighborhoods from the perspective of those who live there as shared by Documenters. All content should contribute to a better understanding of the place through the people, places, history and current situation of each neighborhood.

Documenters will go into an assigned neighborhoods over a three-day period from 8 a.m. Friday Sept. 12 through 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. You will gather content by interviewing people, highlighting a business or nonprofit group and sharing information about a public space central to the neighborhood. The Signal Akron office will be Documenter central for those three days where you can hang out and connect with other Documenters, editors and get something to eat and drink!

The goal: We want to know more about each of Akron’s 24 official neighborhoods and create establishing stories about each neighborhood.

Background: Signal Akron is committed to being in each of Akron’s vibrant neighborhoods, listening to residents and reflecting their questions, concerns and triumphs in our daily coverage. Documenters, many of whom call these places home, are perfectly aligned to elevate a better understanding of each neighborhood for all Akronites.

The pay for each assignment is $90 and we expect 4-5 hours for each assignment, though this may vary depending on the Documenter.

Learn more more about the assignment: http://bit.ly/45S2rx5

Have questions, want some training? Go to your workshops tab and register for upcoming Akron Documenter Virutal Office Hours to learn more about the assignment and get tips and training about the various skills involved with this assignment (interviewing, audio, video and photography, observational writing, etc.) And, as always, reach out to kevin@signalakron.org for more.